Lead Microservices Engineer ​/ Perm Role, Cleveland , OH

Lead Microservices Engineer

The Lead Microservices Engineer position is part of the Digital Platform and Productivity services organization. The Lead Engineer will be responsible for establishing software development framework around Microservices as well as creating a roadmap for converting large and complex monolithic applications to Microservices. The Lead Engineer will have a strong focus on implementing best practices around development and deployment of Microservices (Development framework, Design principles, Design patterns, Technology Platforms etc.)

The Lead Engineer will work very closely with the Microservices Architect and will be responsible for pioneering the adoption of Microservices architecture within the organization.

Strategy & Planning

• Support Management in the development of long-term strategic goals around Microservices based digital products
• Partner with Microservices Architect to establish Microservices architecture framework
• Lead the design and implementation of Microservices Technology platforms with a strong focus on reusability
• Lead the design and implementation of Microservices principles and design patterns
• Lead the design and implementation for decomposing legacy monolithic applications into Microservices focused on business capabilities

Acquisition & Deployment

• Partner with Digital Product teams in the development of modern applications
• Be the Dev Ops champion to configure and deploy containerized Microservices in our Kubernetes environment through CI/CD pipelines.
• Leverage knowledge of the security processes & standards involved in distributed web applications
• Explore new technologies that can be applied to solve challenging business problems
• Advocate for best-in-class developer experience in terms of tooling, principles, and patterns for modern software development.
• Provide mentoring on advanced development concepts and technical capabilities to developers

Operational Management

• Implement the right technologies for addressing common cross-cutting concerns within the environment (Monitoring, Testing, Logging, Distributed tracing etc..) with the goal to promote re-usability.
• Partner with Enterprise Integration team on leveraging current enterprise API platforms for exposing Microservices. Be the champion to advocate for API-first design principles
• Implement and Operationalize common Microservices patterns (service discovery, circuit-breaker etc.)
• Ensure Digital products make the best use of current Deployment platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, AKS etc.)
• Enhance delivery systems with Continuous Integration

Incidental Functions

• Research open-source technologies and present findings to Management
• Mentor and coach Developers
• Coordinate with Architecture and Development stakeholders
• Handle project and program management as needed

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Any of the CKS or CKA or CKAD certification

Knowledge & Experience

• 10+ years of overall IT experience
• 8+ years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing distributed IT systems
• 3+ years of experience in Java/Spring Boot, or similar platforms or frameworks in a service-oriented environment
• 2+ years of experience in managing Kubernetes Clusters, Service Mesh.
• Solid experience working with Microservices, Cloud-Native architecture
• Exposure to installing/managing kubernetes plugins
• Strong experience with API and Event-driven systems
• Strong knowledge of Domain driven design in a distributed service environment
• Strong understanding of API gateway capabilities
• Experience with routing and messaging tools / patterns
• Experience with Dev Ops and Agile engineering practices
• Proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement

Preferred Knowledge & Skills

• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code approaches to infrastructure management
• Experience breaking down monolithic applications into microservices
• Experience with Application Performance Management (Dynatrace or similar) solutions
• Experience working on open-source projects
• Experience with containers and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Full stack development

Personal Attributes

• Proven success in contributing to a fast-paced, agile team environment
• Embrace an open culture of ownership, experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning
• Passionate in solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices
• Strong communication as well as inter-personal skills
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Proven ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure…