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Senior Java Architect

Sumeru Solutions
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2025

You will be responsible for designing and implementing enterpriselevel applications using Java Containers Springboot microservices and cloudnative technologies. You will provide leadership in defining technical direction driving architectural decisions and ensuring that all applications are scalable maintainable and performant. You will work closely with product owners engineering teams and DevOps to ensure the solutions align with business goals and technical requirements.

Lead the design and implementation of enterprisegrade Java applications using Kubernetes Springboot and other related technologies.

Architect and design microservices that are scalable resilient and optimized for cloud environments.

Provide thought leadership on the use of containers (Docker) and Kubernetes for container orchestration and deployment.

Define best practices for building cloudnative applications emphasizing scalability security and maintainability.

Collaborate with stakeholders including business analysts product owners and other architects to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

Define and enforce standards for CI / CD pipelines automation version control and code quality.

Lead and mentor development teams providing guidance on architectural decisions coding standards and performance optimizations.

Ensure that systems are highly available faulttolerant and performant leveraging tools like Kubernetes Docker and cloud infrastructure.

Design and implement API strategies (RESTful services GraphQL etc.) and integrate with various data sources (SQL / NoSQL).

Work on cloud architecture and leverage cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) to optimize cost and performance.

Conduct regular code reviews and architecture reviews to ensure adherence to technical and business requirements.

Stay current with new technologies and trends in cloudnative development containers microservices and distributed systems.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What You Need :

Experience : 8 years of professional software development experience with at least 35 years in a leadership or architect role.

Extensive experience with Java and Springboot for building scalable maintainable backend systems.

Proven experience designing and building microservices architectures and deploying them in cloudnative environments.

Strong handson experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Experience designing and implementing CI / CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and deploying Java applications in cloud environments.

Technical Skills : Indepth knowledge of Java 8 Spring Boot Spring Cloud Spring Security and related Spring technologies.

Handson experience with containers (Docker) and Kubernetes for deploying and managing applications in production.

Strong understanding of microservices architecture API design (RESTful GraphQL) and integration patterns.

Solid experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS Azure GCP) and leveraging cloudnative services.

Strong background in distributed systems message queues and eventdriven architectures (e.g. Kafka RabbitMQ).

Expertise in database design and integration with SQL / NoSQL databases (e.g. MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra).

Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI Terraform Ansible).

Architectural and Design Skills : Ability to design highly scalable available and faulttolerant architectures. Strong knowledge of architectural patterns (e.g. CQRS Event Sourcing Hexagonal Architecture).

Familiarity with design principles such as SOLID 12Factor App and TwelveFactor App methodology.

Experience in managing and optimizing largescale distributed systems.

Leadership and Communication : Excellent leadership skills with experience in guiding mentoring and building highperforming teams.

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Strong problemsolving skills and the ability to make datadriven architectural decisions.

Experience in working with Agile development methodologies (Scrum Kanban).

Preferred Skills : Security : Experience with OAuth JWT and other security mechanisms for securing microservices.

Monitoring & Logging : Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana) and logging platforms (e.g. ELK stack).

EventDriven Architectures : Experience with event streaming technologies like Apache Kafka AWS Kinesis or Google Pub / Sub.

Performance Tuning : Strong background in performance optimization profiling and tuning Java applications.

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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