Junior Java Cloud Engineer

Rocket Partners employees are passionate about solving complex technology challenges for our clients and harnessing the power of the cloud to accelerate creative solutions. We are looking for a Junior Java Cloud Engineer to join our growing team of experts.  We are looking for builders; leaders who can design, build, and deliver net new solutions from scratch, while leading our growing organization and client-base to continued scalable, sustainable success. Rocket Partners embody the values of curiosity, initiative, follow through, and growth. 

Founded in 2016, Rocket Partners has had incredibly successful growth.  To that success, our company is not backed by a VC or PE firm - we are continually profitable on our own! As the business continues to grow we are looking for employees to share our passion for driving the success of our clients. 

The ideal candidate will have 1-2  years of AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud development experience in Java and Spring Boot.

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable software modules
• Use AWS or Azure APIs to create cloud native software solutions
• Contribute & maintain automated unit and integration tests
• Deploy, run, and monitor AWS or Azure production systems
• Participate in the build and implementation of detailed architectural plans and tickets
• Experience with DevOps tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.) is a plus
• Participate in requirements reviews, and other technical discussions
• Work as part of a highly collaborative agile team
• Handle complex technical details, work-streams, and interdependencies
• Gain detailed knowledge and understanding of platforms, features, and dependencies

• Up and down the tech stack, this is a hands-on position that requires curiosity, initiative, and follow through. You should have working familiarity with the majority of the following:
• Bachelor's degree in Math, Computer Science or other relevant degree
• 1-2 years as a Cloud Developer with daily use of Java, Gradle, Docker, Spring Boot
• 1 -2 years of experience and regular use of SQL
• Experience in designing SQL and NoSQL data models
• Ability to execute instructions and build end to end cloud native solutions
• A strong understanding of design patterns and algorithmic concepts and software engineering best practices 
• Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift
• ECS, Fargate, Lambda, Kubernetes, Docker
• ElasticCache, Elasticsearch
• ALB, API Gateway, CloudWatch, CodeDeploy

• 100% employer paid employee coverage for our HSA plan, 75% employer paid coverage of dental and vision plans
• Employer-paid short term and long term disability insurance
• Professional development stipend of $1000 per year
• Wellness reimbursement each month 
• Paid parental leave
• Travel is not currently a job requirement

Please note this is an onsite role in our Buckhead, Atlanta office.

Visa sponsorship for this role is currently not available.