Azure API Developer / Remote, ,6 Months Contract

Remote Role

Enhance and maintain the existing applications along with building new solutions.

Help design and implement a client cloud native application for data access.

Participate in maintenance of serverless applications build on

Communicate with your scrum team, vendors, and clients so they understand the project's technical implications, dependencies, and potential conflicts.

Evaluate the impacts of change requests on own/shared technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas.

Deploy cloud platforms to support and meet business needs. Identifies, recommends, and implements opportunities for improvement and performance issue solutions.

5+ years development experience or equivalent Python, JavaScript, or shell scripting

You have familiarity with AWS concepts and services

Expertise with AWS CloudFormation and services, a few include (IAM, S3, EC2, SNS)

You are excited by AWS cloud adoption and eager to help Vanguard clients achieve the best outcomes for their financial success

You want to work with other talented engineers and foster a culture of innovation, efficiency, independent thinking and collaboration

You can self-train on emerging technologies and share what you learn with others

Strong focus on quality, automation, and client experience

Strong interpersonal skills, must be a team player

Must have high degree of personal integrity

Ability to work without supervision on short-term tasks

Highly directed and self-motivated with a keen attention to detail

Beneficial but not required skills: Experience working in an Agile framework

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