Senior Consultant

1. Role Summary The Senior Consultant is responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-level software solutions aligned with customer business requirements and technology standards. The role requires specialized expertise in Java, Python, cloud-native application development, microservices architecture, AWS cloud services, and enterprise system integration. The Senior Consultant also acts as a key technical point of contact between the customer and delivery teams, providing architectural guidance, technical leadership, solution design, and delivery coordination to ensure reliable, scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions. 2. Key Roles and Responsibilities Solution Architecture & Technical Design Design and develop scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable enterprise applications using Java, Python, Spring Boot, microservices, and AWS cloud technologies. Translate complex business and technical requirements into solution architectures, technical specifications, and implementation designs. Evaluate technical alternatives and recommend appropriate architectures, integration patterns, and technology solutions. Ensure solutions align with customer architecture standards, security requirements, and long-term technology strategies. Cloud Engineering & Application Development Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS services, including Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, S3, Step Functions, EventBridge, and RDS. Implement RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, asynchronous messaging, and distributed application integrations. Develop and optimize application components using Java, Python, Spring Framework, and Spring Boot. Apply cloud architecture principles to improve application availability, scalability, performance, and operational reliability. Technical Consulting & Requirements Management Collaborate with customer stakeholders, solution architects, business analysts, and development teams to understand functional and non-functional requirements. Conduct technical discussions, requirement analysis, solution assessments, and design reviews. Provide expert technical recommendations and support decision-making throughout the software development lifecycle. Act as a technical point of contact for customer communication, solution clarification, and technical issue resolution. Technical Leadership & Delivery Management Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and support to software engineers and development teams. Coordinate technical activities, task prioritization, solution implementation, and delivery commitments. Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and release planning. Identify technical dependencies, implementation risks, and delivery challenges, and recommend mitigation strategies. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation and timely delivery of software solutions. Database & Enterprise Integration Design and implement database-driven applications using SQL and relational database technologies such as PostgreSQL and MySQL. Develop enterprise integrations using REST APIs, messaging services, and event-driven communication patterns. Support data consistency, system interoperability, transaction processing, and integration reliability. Analyze and optimize database queries, application performance, and integration workflows. DevOps, Deployment & Production Support Support CI/CD implementation, automated deployments, and infrastructure management using Git, Docker, Terraform, and AWS CDK. Collaborate with DevOps teams to maintain reliable deployment pipelines and cloud infrastructure. Investigate and resolve complex application, integration, and production issues. Perform root cause analysis and recommend preventive improvements to enhance system stability. Support application monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational maintenance. Quality Assurance & Engineering Standards Ensure adherence to software engineering best practices, coding standards, security principles, and architectural guidelines. Conduct technical reviews, code reviews, and solution quality assessments. Support unit testing, integration testing, system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and regression testing. Promote automated testing, maintainability, performance optimization, and continuous improvement. Technology Evaluation & Continuous Improvement Evaluate emerging technologies, cloud services, and engineering practices to identify opportunities for solution improvement. Recommend technical enhancements that improve scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability. Promote knowledge sharing, technical documentation, and continuous skill development within engineering teams. 3. Required Technical Skills Programming Languages: Java, Python, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Frameworks & Application Development: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, RESTful APIs, Microservices Architecture Cloud Technologies: AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, S3, Step Functions, EventBridge, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM Architecture & Integration: Solution Architecture, Cloud-Native Architecture, Event-Driven Architecture, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Application Integration Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, Relational Database Design DevOps & Infrastructure: Git, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, AWS CDK, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Quality Engineering: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Code Reviews, Debugging, Performance Optimization, Root Cause Analysis Delivery & Leadership: Agile/Scrum, Technical Leadership, Customer Stakeholder Management, Requirements Analysis, Technical Delivery Coordination, Mentoring, Risk Management 4. Professional Competencies Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making abilities. Ability to independently assess complex technical requirements and recommend appropriate solutions. Experience coordinating with international customers a