Kafta & Boot admin​/developer

Senior Java Developer

To be considered for work, a candidate must be either a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien (no H1 visa holders) with three or more years of U.S. residency as a permanent resident alien.

Senior Java Developer focused on architecting microservices with Spring Boot + Kafka on Red Hat Open Shift. This consultant will deploy, manage, and scale Kubernetes and Open Shift clusters. Also will configure, manage, and monitor containerized applications running on Kubernetes or Open Shift in a role that balances new development with critical maintenance and testing responsibilities.

Contract is for 8 months with a high likelihood of lasting longer.

Required (resume must show this!):

• 8+ years Java/JEE microservices development with Spring REST and Spring Boot
• 4+ years integrating Kafka for event-driven workflows
• 2 years of Kafka administration
• 1 year using AI tools such as Claude Code
• 4 years working with Red Hat Open Shift container platform
• 4 years developing automated unit tests with JUnit
• 4 years Eclipse or Spring Tool Suite or JBoss studio
• 3+ years Github, JIRA
• 2+ years Oracle Exadata

Preferred skills:

• CI/CD pipeline using Git Hub Actions
• Agile methodologies and working as Scrum Master
• Maven