Sr Java Liferay Developer

Position: Senior Java / Liferay Full Stack Developer

Client: Large Healthcare Plan and Government Contractor

Location: Remote/Hybrid (TBD)

Employment Type: 6-Month Contract with Moderate Probability of Extension

The Senior Java / Liferay Full Stack Developer will serve as a hands‑on modernization specialist responsible for accelerating the transformation of legacy healthcare and government technology platforms into secure, cloud‑based applications. The role combines three equally important objectives: modernizing existing Liferay portal applications, developing cloud‑native Spring Boot microservices, and supporting enterprise Azure migration initiatives. Working as a senior individual contributor, the person will partner with architects, product owners, Dev Ops engineers, and business stakeholders to design, build, deploy, and optimize scalable enterprise solutions.

The environment is highly visible and mission‑critical, supporting healthcare and government programs that require strong performance, security, reliability, and regulatory compliance. As part of the organization’s modernization strategy, the role requires an engineer capable of balancing hands‑on development, technical problem‑solving, cloud adoption, and continuous improvement through automation and AI‑enabled development practices.

Purpose: This role offers the opportunity to directly contribute to a major digital transformation initiative within a large healthcare payer and government contractor. The work impacts systems used by members, providers, internal operations teams, and government stakeholders while helping modernize critical technology platforms that support essential healthcare services.

Growth: The assignment provides exposure to enterprise‑scale modernization initiatives involving cloud migration, Azure services, Spring Boot microservices, enterprise security integration, and large‑scale application transformation. Success on this engagement will provide highly marketable experience leading modernization efforts within a complex and highly regulated environment.

Motivators: This opportunity is ideal for professionals who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, modernizing legacy applications, implementing cloud‑native architectures, and delivering measurable business impact within aggressive timelines. The role offers significant technical ownership, autonomy, and visibility while working alongside senior technology leaders responsible for enterprise transformation.

Within the first 180 days, assess, redesign, and modernize targeted Liferay portal applications that support healthcare and government business operations. Lead the conversion of legacy components into scalable, maintainable, cloud‑ready solutions utilizing modern Java frameworks, Angular, React, and API‑driven architectures. Partner with business and technical stakeholders to prioritize modernization activities and ensure seamless user experiences throughout the transition. Success will be measured through successful production deployment of modernization initiatives, reduction of technical debt, improved application performance, and achievement of project milestones.

This objective may be enhanced using AI‑assisted code analysis, refactoring, and modernization tools.

Within the first six months, design, develop, test, and deploy secure, scalable Spring Boot microservices that support critical healthcare and government business processes. Utilize Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Security, Spring JPA, Hibernate, REST APIs, and related technologies to establish reusable and maintainable service architectures. Collaborate with integration teams to ensure successful interoperability with existing enterprise systems and applications. Success will be measured through successful delivery of production‑ready services, API performance metrics, reduced system dependencies, and stakeholder acceptance of completed solutions.

This objective may be enhanced through AI‑assisted coding, automated test generation, and…