Cloud Software Engineer (AWS CDK + Python)_Des Moines, IA_Only on W2

Cloud Software Engineer (AWS CDK + Python)

Role : Mid level software engineer

Location : Ideally Hybrid in Des Moines, open to fully remote

Contract Length : 6 months to start

Please describe the project work, and what do day-to-day responsibilities look like :

We are working daily on shoring up a critical application called GoAnywhere to prepare for onboarding 4,000-5,000 new file transfer connections. A lot of team collaboration and mobbing / pairing. Agile ceremonies like sprint planning, refinement, daily huddles, retros, etc.

• Understand complex technical concepts and translate them into solutions that are understandable and engaging.
• Work directly with a product owner / delivery manager, stakeholders, other IS Teams, and vendor partners to optimize existing solutions
• Be part of a dynamic, cross-functional team of talented individuals who continuously seek improvement through cloud solutions, automation and more.
• Provide informal leadership. Exchange learnings with other software engineers.

What technologies or systems will this contingent worker be utilizing?

We have hosted GoAnywhere in our AWS account, so they'd be working on IaC in AWS CDK utilizing python, Github, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, think AWS fundamentals. Having actual software engineering background is a must. Background with any of these is a plus : FileGateway (managed file transfer), Cleo (managed file transfer), TWS (workload scheduling tool), ServiceNow Citizen development.

What skills are you looking for in the ideal candidate?

Required

AWS CDK

Strong understanding AWS concepts and tools

Software engineering experience

Python

Github

Jira

Confluence

Nice to Have

Agile background

Ability to work Hybrid

A successful engineer on the team must be highly collaborative, customer focused, understand and deliver on technical and business strategies, be security minded, and display high level of initiative.