Heads Up - AWS/Java Developer

INTAKE NOTES:
Fully backend and platform focus Team the position is on

Team : 5 engineers

Enterprise team that works across a lot of engineering teams

Responsible for: Own and maintain API gateways and token services for OAuth flows

Support a lot of other security as it pertains to API's

Looking for a DevOps engineer (Software Engineer with DevOps experience)

Building deploying and operating

Focused in Automation

Java Shop, want them to work with Team once DevOps is established

Technology:
Kubernetes
Helm Charts
Java and Spring boot
AWS

EKS Elastic Kubernetes Service

API gateway and Security experience

NICE TO HAVE:
GitHub / GitOps
IAAS Terraform
API Gateway

Methodologies:
Pair Programming every story is 2 engineers per story
CI/CD GitHub Actions

Location: Local, In office weekly

DESCRIPTION
The Enterprise API Management team builds and manages solutions to support the
enterprise API management capability along with supporting enterprise token
services. We are committed to delivering the right software at the right time. This
role is on an engineering team that encourages pair programming and test-driven
development (TDD)

Project Description:

Position Summary/Job Description:
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Enterprise API Management team. The successful candidate will be responsible for building, deploying, and operating our platform and services, with an emphasis on automation, reliability, and secure-by-default delivery. This role partners closely with engineers through collaboration and pair programming to improve CI/CD pipelines, troubleshooting practices, and operational readiness, and it also requires some software development experience (e.g., ability to read/debug code and contribute when needed). Technologies involved include Kubernetes, Helm charts, Java/Spring Boot, AWS offerings (certification preferred), and API platform capabilities such as API Gateway and security.

Skills Overview:
What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job?
Kubernetes 5+ Years
Helm Charts 4+ Years
AWS (core offerings; certification preferred) 5+ Years
Java and Spring Boot 5+ Years
API Security 5+ Years

What are some preferred/nice to have skills the manager is looking for?
CI/CD and GitOps
Infrastructure-as-Code experience (e.g., Terraform/CloudFormation)
API Gateway/API Management experience
Observability tooling (logging/metrics/tracing) and on-call readiness
Lua Programming
Collaborative delivery practices (pair programming, code reviews)

Interview Process Overview:
Initial meeting: 20-30 minutes:
Hiring Manager to discuss the role and determine high-level fit

Interview Panel of 1-2 Devs + Hiring Manager: 1.5 hour: prefer Onsite Panel Interview
30 minutes Java Coding exercise
45-60 minutes technical questions based on experience, related to:
DevOps
Java and Spring framework

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