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Associate - Dev Ops - IN

The role is involved in the full life cycle of an application and work closely with clients and team members to understand the stakeholder requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• They possess an understanding of CI/CD processes and are responsible for the design and implementation of applications’ build, release, deployment, containerization and configuration control and management.

• Other responsibilities include working with partners to gather requirements, prototyping, architecting, implementing/updating solutions, building and executing test plans, performing quality reviews, managing operations, and training and fixing operational issues.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level

6IC

Position Summary: Reporting to the AI COE/CTL lead, the ideal candidate will be responsible for end-to-end development and deployment of cloud-native applications, with expertise in microservices architecture, design patterns, and cloud deployment patterns. This role combines full-stack development capabilities with strong architectural knowledge to design, implement, and maintain scalable applications while creating and maintaining technical documentation and architectural artifacts.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Application Development & Architecture

• Design and implement microservices-based architectures using modern frameworks

• Apply object-oriented and functional programming paradigms

• Implement industry-standard design patterns and best practices

• Create and maintain technical architecture artifacts and documentation

• Develop full-stack applications using React, Next.js, Node.js, and Python

• Design and optimize data structures and algorithms for application performance

Cloud Architecture & Deployment

• Design and implement cloud application deployment patterns

• Create and maintain cloud infrastructure as code

• Implement microservices communication patterns and API gateways

• Establish service mesh and containerization strategies

• Configure monitoring, logging, and observability solutions

Technical Documentation & Architecture

• Create and maintain technical architecture diagrams

• Document system design decisions and rationales

• Develop API specifications and interface contracts

• Maintain solution architecture artifacts

• Create deployment and operation runbooks

Development & Implementation

• Write clean, maintainable code using OOP and functional programming principles

• Implement design patterns appropriate for different use cases

• Develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs

• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines

• Perform code reviews and architectural assessments

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Provide technical guidance on architecture decisions

• Collaborate with solution architects on design patterns

• Mentor team members on best practices and patterns

• Participate in architecture review boards

• Lead technical design discussions

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

• 5-7 years of professional software development experience

• Strong understanding of:

• Microservices architecture patterns

• Object-oriented programming principles

• Functional programming concepts

• Common design patterns (GoF patterns)

• Cloud deployment patterns

• Distributed systems architecture

• Technical documentation standards

Technical Skills Requirements:

• Experience in creating architectural artifacts using standard notation (UML, C4 model)

• Proficiency in both object-oriented and functional programming

• Strong knowledge of microservices design patterns

• Experience with cloud-native application development

• Expertise in:

• Design patterns implementation

• API design and development

• Cloud deployment strategies

• Technical documentation tools

• Architecture modeling tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

• Architecture certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect)

• Experience with different architectural styles (Event-driven, CQRS, DDD)

• Published technical documentation or architecture papers

• Experience leading architecture decisions in enterprise environments

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Excellence in technical documentation and communication

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts to various audiences

• Leadership in architectural decision-making

Strong collaboration skills with architects and developers

Related Skills

Application Programming Interface (API) Development/Integration, Automation, Communication, Consultative Communication, Containerization, DevOps, Enterprise Application Integration, Influence, Organizational Savviness, Problem Solving, Prototyping, Relationship Management, Scalability/Reliability, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Design/Analysis

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