Location:Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
Contract
RoleOverview
WearelookingforahighlyskilledandexperiencedSeniorJavaDeveloperwithstrongexpertiseincloud-nativeapplicationdevelopmentanddeploymentwithintheAzureecosystem.
Theidealcandidateshouldhavehands-onexperiencewithcontainerization,orchestration,APImanagement,distributedmessagingsystems,andcachingtechnologies.
ExperienceintheBrokerage/CapitalMarketsdomainwillbeanaddedadvantage.
1. Project Overview
• The opportunity is for a Greenfield Project involving development from scratch.
• The selected candidate is expected to:
o Build the application from the ground up
o Lead the project technically
o Handle architecture responsibilities
o Work directly with onsite stakeholders and customers
o This is not a maintenance or support role.
2. Experience Expectations
• Although the JD mentions 8+ years, the expectation is:
o Minimum 10+ years preferred
o Ideally 12+ years of strong hands-on Java experience
• Candidate should have:
o Consistent experience in Java technologies
o Strong background in Java Microservices
o No mixed career path involving .NET, Testing, Python, etc., before moving into Java
3. Mandatory Technical Skills
The following skills were highlighted as critical:
• Java
• Java Microservices
• Kafka
• Azure Cloud
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• REST APIs
• Caching
• Infrastructure as Code
RequiredExperience
•10+yearsofexperienceinJavaapplicationdevelopment
•Strongexperienceindesigninganddevelopingscalableenterpriseapplications
•ExperienceworkinginAgile/Scrumenvironments
MustHaveTechnicalSkills
•StrongexpertiseinJava/J2EE,SpringBoot,andMicroservicesarchitecture
•Hands-onexperiencewithDockerandKubernetes
•StrongexposuretoAzureCloudEcosystem
•ExperiencewithAzureKubernetesService(AKS)
•ExperiencewithAzureAPIManagement(APIM)
•ExperiencewithAzurePubSub/MessagingServices
•StrongknowledgeofRedisCaching
•ExperiencewithRESTAPIsandevent-drivenarchitecture
•KnowledgeofCI/CDpipelinesandDevOpspractices
•ExperiencewithGit,Maven/Gradle,Jenkins,orsimilartools
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