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Astra Consulting Corp

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Astra Consulting Corp, Shelton, Connecticut, us, 06484

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The successful candidate will play a key role in a strategic application modernization initiative to migrate legacy Java applications from an on-prem environment to the cloud (AWS), leveraging modern technologies such as Spring Boot, containerization, AWS managed services, and eventually serverless architectures. This position requires strong full‑stack development capabilities, with emphasis on cloud readiness, microservices, and integration with AWS services. Candidates should also be comfortable supporting legacy systems in the short term, while driving long‑term modernization efforts.

Key Responsibilities

Modernize and migrate legacy WebSphere Java applications to AWS using Spring Boot and cloud‑native best practices

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, modular Java microservices leveraging Java and Spring Boot

Build and integrate RESTful APIs using Spring, API Gateway, and AWS Lambda

Maintain and enhance existing SOAP services, supporting a phased deprecation strategy

Support and optimize legacy data access using JPA, Hibernate, MyBatis while transitioning to AWS RDS (Aurora) and DynamoDB

Utilize AWS services such as Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, RDS, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch

Apply containerization using Docker, with short‑term orchestration using Kubernetes or ECS

Collaborate on infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) with tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform

Work closely with DevOps to ensure seamless CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, etc.

Collaborate with UI developers on React‑based front ends

Write unit and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito, TestNG

Maintain and troubleshoot existing applications with JSF front ends

Provide documentation and architecture diagrams for modernization roadmap

Required Qualifications & Technical Skills

7+ years of experience in Java/J2EE development, with emphasis on Java 17+, Spring Boot, REST APIs

Experience modernizing Java apps from legacy environments (e.g., WebSphere)

Proficiency in Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, etc.)

Experience building scalable microservices and integrating with AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB

Hands‑on experience with AWS services: Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway

Familiarity with containerization using Docker, short‑term Kubernetes support

Experience developing and consuming SOAP and REST web services

Strong SQL and NoSQL data modeling experience

Proficient in Git, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD workflows

Experience with Agile development methodologies

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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