Innova Solutions

We are Looking for a Sr Full Stack Developer with AWS - Advanced - Columbus, OH

Position Type: Contract to Hire

Duration: 6+ Months

Java Full Stack - (Hands-on IC, 7+ yrs) Spring + React + AWS + Kafka

Must Have:

• Java/Spring Boot/Microservices/API/Kafka + AWS – MUST HAVE
• There is a small front end built in React – 10% front end would be perfect
• Will be working with S3/Lambdas/ECS clusters/EC2 – Must have
• Will be using Docker/Kubernetes to work within ECS – Must have
• Will need to be strong in building API’s from scratch
• No existing code or API’s – Will all be new from scratch
• Looking for someone Sr, can work on their own, confident, good communication skills
• Group is using Splunk/Dynatrace/Grafana – big plus
• 8+ years experience preferred

1) Backend (Java/Spring Boot) expert

• Java: strong OOP + functional style, concurrency, collections, memory/perf awareness; can read thread dumps/heap dumps and profile hotspots..
• Kafka: Experience designing, building, and operating Kafka-based event streaming platforms-topics/partitions, producers/consumers, consumer groups, schema/serialization (Avro), Kafka Connect/Streams, security (ACLs/TLS), monitoring & tuning.
• Spring Boot: controllers/validation, exception handling, interceptors/filters, content negotiation, file upload/streaming, async request handling where needed.
• Spring Data/JPA: entity modeling, transactions, isolation levels, pagination, query tuning; handles N+1/fetch strategy issues; sensible use of projections vs entities..
• Spring Security: OAuth2/OIDC integration patterns, method-level security, custom auth filters, CORS/CSRF, secure session/token handling.
• API design: OpenAPI-first mindset, versioning strategy, idempotency, consistent error schema, backward compatibility.
• Integration: consuming/producing APIs, resilient client patterns (timeouts, retries, circuit breaker), request signing if applicable.
• Build/deps: Photon/Maven/Gradle, BOMs, dependency hygiene, vulnerability remediation workflow.

2) Frontend (React) strong

• React + TypeScript: component design, hooks, state management, form handling, routing.
• UI quality: accessibility basics, performance, error boundaries, loading states.
• API integration: robust data fetching/caching, pagination/infinite scroll, optimistic updates, consistent client-side error handling.
• Testing: React Testing Library; e2e basics with Cypress/Playwright.

3) AWS & runtime - strong hands-on

• Core AWS fluency (expected to have shipped production workloads):
• Compute: ECS and EC2 autoscaling concepts
• Networking: VPC, subnets, security groups, NACL basics, private vs public connectivity
• Storage/data: S3; RDS/Aurora Postgress fundamentals; DynamoDB awareness even if not primary
• Integration: SQS/SNS
• Observability: Splunk & CloudWatch logs/metrics/alarms, log retention, dashboards
• Identity & access: IAM roles/policies, least privilege, cross-account basics, secrets management patterns.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform or CloudFormation/CDK (one strongly); environment promotion strategy (dev/test/prod), parameterization, drift awareness.
• Containerization: Docker images, health checks, resource limits, multi-stage builds.

4) Data & persistence - advanced

• SQL: indexes, query plans, joins, transaction semantics; can tune slow query issues end-to-end (app + DB).
• Migrations: Flyway/Liquibase discipline; zero-downtime schema evolution patterns.
• Caching: Redis (ElastiCache) usage patterns, TTL design, cache stampede prevention, invalidation strategy.

5) Observability & production excellence - expert

• Structured logging with correlation IDs; PII redaction discipline.
• Metrics + SLO thinking: latency/error rate saturation signals; actionable alarms (not noise).
• Tracing: Open Telemetry
• Operability: runbooks, on-call readiness, meaningful postmortems with preventative actions.

6) Testing & quality - expert

• Backend: JUnit5, Mockito, Spring test slices, Test containers; contract tests (Pact) preferred for service-to-service APIs.
• Performance: basic load testing and interpreting results; capacity and tuning recommendations.
• Security: SAST/dependency scans; remediates CVEs quickly and safely.

7) Security (practical, senior-level) - non-negotiable

• AuthZ: RBAC/ABAC concepts; least privilege both in app and AWS IAM.
• Secrets: no secrets in code/logs; uses managed secrets and rotation patterns.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines.

PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range*: $65/Hr.

• Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:

• Named One of America’s Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024)
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/

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