This role is responsible for supporting and enhancing a PHP‑based application ecosystem hosted on AWS, while contributing to longer‑term modernization initiatives. The position involves maintaining existing systems, building new features and services, and supporting a gradual platform consolidation and migration to newer technologies.

Technical Environment

1. Core system built on SQL Server (T‑SQL), currently being migrated to AWS RDS
2. APIs and web applications hosted on AWS EC2 Linux instances
3. PHP codebase running on Apache
4. Laravel framework used for APIs and select services
5. Operations and inspector web applications built primarily in custom PHP with minimal dependencies
6. Client application built with a React frontend
7. Operations website built using plain HTML
8. File storage handled via AWS S3 buckets and local server storage

Key Responsibilities

Backend Development

1. Develop, maintain, and support PHP applications (primarily object‑oriented and Laravel‑based)
2. Write, optimize, and maintain SQL and T‑SQL, including stored procedures
3. Build and support APIs used by internal systems and external applications
4. Analyze, troubleshoot, and support existing production codebases

Frontend Development

1. Perform light frontend development using core JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
2. Collaborate across teams to support UI enhancements and bug fixes
3. Support React‑based client applications as needed

Cloud & Infrastructure

1. Support migration of SQL Server workloads to AWS RDS
2. Provide AWS architecture recommendations and assist with environment setup
3. Perform Linux infrastructure tasks, including:
4. Managing Apache on Linux EC2 instances
5. Updating file server access and permissions
6. Support application hosting, file storage, and operational infrastructure

Workload & Project Focus

1. Balance new development with maintenance and support of existing systems
2. Expect heavier support and maintenance responsibilities initially, transitioning toward more project‑based and modernization work over time

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