ElastiCache Developer

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. Youll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Design and implement distributed caching strategies using AWS ElastiCache (Redis/Memcached) to reduce latency and improve application performance.
• Optimize data caching and retrieval mechanisms to ensure efficient usage of ElastiCache.
• Monitor and maintain ElastiCache clusters, handle failovers, scaling, backups, and security.
• Work with application developers to integrate ElastiCache into existing services and databases (e.g., MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL).
• Implement caching patterns such as write-through, read-through, and cache-aside.
• Develop automation scripts for provisioning and maintaining cache clusters using AWS tools (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform).
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery for caching layers.
• Analyze application performance and suggest caching improvements based on metrics and logs.
• Implement proper TTL (time-to-live) strategies and eviction policies for optimal cache usage.
• Participate in code reviews, system design, and technical discussions.
  
  

• 3+ years of experience with AWS services, particularly ElastiCache (Redis/Memcached).
• Strong understanding of distributed caching concepts and patterns.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Node.js, or Go.
• Experience with AWS CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, and networking in a cloud environment.
• Familiarity with database systems and data modeling (SQL and NoSQL).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK).
• Solid knowledge of Linux environments and scripting.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  
  

• AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Developer – Associate, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
• Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Datadog, or New Relic.