Senior Kafka / Java Developer
Senior Kafka / Java Developer
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$ 104650 - 189175
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Job Description
The Digital Modernization Sector has an opening for a Senior Kafka/Java Developer to work in Woodlawn MD.
This position will require onsite work in Woodlawn MD five days a week.
DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Architect design develop and implement nextgeneration data streaming and eventbased architecture / platform using software engineering best practices in the latest technologies:
Data Streaming Event Driven Architecture Event Processing Frameworks.
DevOps (Jenkins Red Hat OpenShift Docker SonarQube).
InfrastructureasCode and ConfigurationasCode (Ansible Terraform / CloudFormation Scripting).
Provide software expertise in one or more of these areas: eventdriven architecture application integration serviceoriented architectures (SOA) security business process management/business rules processing CI/CD pipeline and containerization or data ingestion/data modeling.
Investigate and repair application defects regardless of component: Kafka Platform business logic middleware or database (PL/SQL and Data Modeling).
Brief management customer team or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience.
All other duties as assigned or directed.
FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS (Required Qualifications):
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Mathematics Engineering OR a related field with 8 years of relevant experience OR Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience. Additional years of relevant experience maybe accepted or considered in lieu of degree.
8 years of combined experience with modern software development (Examples: Java with Spring Boot Python and/or C# with .Net Core).
4 years of combined experience with Kafka (One or more of the following: Confluent Kafka Apache Kafka and/or Amazon MSK).
2 years of combined experience data streaming developing eventdriven applications and/or event processing frameworks (Examples: Kafka Streams Apache Flink and/or ksqlDB).
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Security Clearance. Contract requirement.
FACTORS TO HELP YOU SHINE (Required Qualifications):
These skills will help you succeed in this position:
Competence with multiple modern programming languages and frameworks including Java with Spring and at least one other.
Understanding of Domain Driven Design (DDD) and experience applying DDD patterns in software development.
Practical experience with eventdriven applications and at least one event processing framework such as Kafka Streams Apache Flink and/or ksqlDB.
Experience working with Kafka connectors and/or development with the Kafka Connect API.
Experience with Avro data serialization and schema governance.
Experience developing applications for PaaS (Red Hat OpenShift and/or Kubernetes) and Docker containers.
Basic understanding of DevOps and tools (Git/Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines Jenkins SonarQube).
Experience with API development & monitoring tools (Ready API Swagger Splunk Dynatrace).
Experience working on Agile projects and understanding Agile terminology.
HOW TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD (Desired Qualifications):
Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:
Preferred experience with AWS cloud technologies or other cloud platforms; AWS cloud certifications.
Experience with InfrastructureasCode and ConfigurationasCode (Ansible CloudFormation / Terraform Scripting).
Solid experience with automated unit testing TDD BDD and associated technologies (Junit Mockito Cucumber Selenium and Karma/Jasmine).
Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL DB2 or Oracle) SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2 Hibernate or Spring JPA).
Original Posting:
May 2 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $104650.00 $189175.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
