Cloud Engineer

• • Hybrid | Westlake, TX • • Our client is looking for a Cloud Engineer. They are focused on creating a Brokerage Recordkeeping Platform in a public cloud environment. This initiative is crucial for the company's future success and growth. The goal is to develop capabilities for intraday recordkeeping within a cloud environment in the short to mid-term. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining modern, highly available, and scalable interfaces for the next-generation platform. Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $53 - $58 / hr. w2 Responsibilities: • Design, develop, and maintain scalable interfaces for the next-generation platform. • Share technical knowledge to strengthen the engineering community. • Pursue continuous learning of new technologies and platforms. • Work on developing and maintaining APIs and backend systems. • Assist in transitioning systems from mainframe to cloud environments. Requirements: Required: • 8+ years of hands-on software/cloud development and engineering experience. • 5+ years of experience in complex architectural designs and technology initiatives. • 5+ years of experience in an agile development environment (Scrum/Kanban). • 5+ years of experience in Test Driven Development. • Experience with REST API development using NodeJS and Java. • Experience with event-driven application design and development using Kafka. • Database development experience using PL/SQL for Oracle. • Experience with API Gateway publishing using APIGEE/Stratum. • Familiarity with production support operations tools like Splunk, Datadog, or Kibana. Nice to Have: • Experience with application development on public cloud platforms such as AWS (Serverless, EKS, Step Functions, Lambda, S3, Dynamo). • Experience with DevOps CI/CD tools like Jenkins, uDeploy, Concourse, and Terraform. • Data modeling skills and experience implementing data processing pipelines. • Experience with containerization technology like Docker. • Background in ETL and understanding of operational data stores. • Understanding of end-to-end topology, including application, network, and infrastructure components. • Mainframe experience and COBOL understanding. • Experience developing/implementing automated test cases using BDD, TDD testing frameworks (JEST, Cucumber, Selenium). • Financial industry background is a plus. Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com. Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. JOB ID: JN -082025-103437