Java Application Architect

Chandler, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Java Application Architect
Chandler AZ (Need Onsite day 1 hybrid 3 days from office).
Position type: W2 contract

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly experienced Java Application Architect III to lead the design development and continuous improvement of our enterprise-scale API gateway platform. This role is ideal for a technically deep engineer with extensive hands-on experience in API and gateway solutions combined with strong architectural influence standards enforcement and best practice guidance across multiple teams.

The Role

Responsibilities:

Define and enforce API design standards including RESTful principles versioning error handling and backward compatibility.
Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable secure and observable API gateway solutions supporting high-throughput business-critical services.
Drive the evolution of API management practices including onboarding governance lifecycle management deprecation and retirement strategies.
Implement and optimize gateway functionalities such as routing transformation traffic management authentication and policy enforcement.
Develop automation scripts and operational workflows using Python to improve platform reliability and efficiency.
Design and implement automated API testing frameworks covering functional integration regression and performance validation.
Ensure comprehensive observability through metrics logs traces alerting and SLO-driven monitoring.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including application developers security and operations to align architecture with organizational standards.
Mentor engineering teams influence technical decisions and shape platform-level improvements and best practices.
Integrate API gateways with enterprise identity providers and security platforms ensuring compliance and security.

Requirements:

Hands-on experience designing building and operating API platforms or gateway solutions in production environments.
Deep expertise in API design: RESTful APIs versioning backward compatibility and error-handling patterns.
Strong experience with security protocols such as OAuth2 OpenID Connect JWT mTLS and API key management.
Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in high-throughput distributed systems.
Advanced proficiency in Java with experience in API gateway or service-oriented architectures.
Strong Python skills for automation tooling and operational workflows.
Extensive experience with designing and implementing automated API testing (functional integration regression performance).
Expertise in observability and telemetry including metrics logs traces alerting and SLO-driven monitoring.
Hands-on experience with Git code reviews CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Preferred but not required:

Experience with enterprise-grade API gateway platforms such as Apigee Kong Azure API Management or AWS API Gateway.
Strong understanding of API lifecycle management including onboarding governance versioning deprecation and retirement at scale.
Practical experience defining and enforcing traffic management and security policies like rate limiting throttling quotas and request/response transformations.
Familiarity with service mesh ingress controllers or edge routing technologies and their integration with API gateways.
Experience integrating APIs with enterprise identity providers and security platforms.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies for API gateway configurations.
Exposure to performance/load testing to validate scalability resiliency and failure handling.
Strong architectural mindset with the ability to identify systemic risks and drive platform-level improvements.
Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing cross-team technical strategies.
Excellent collaboration skills across application platform security and operations teams.

Java Application Architect Chandler AZ (Need Onsite day 1 hybrid 3 days from office). Position type: W2 contract Job Description: We are looking for a highly experienced Java Application Architect III to lead the design development and continuous improvement of our enterprise-scale API gateway...

Java Application Architect
Chandler AZ (Need Onsite day 1 hybrid 3 days from office).
Position type: W2 contract

Job Description:

The Role

Responsibilities:

Define and enforce API design standards including RESTful principles versioning error handling and backward compatibility.
Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable secure and observable API gateway solutions supporting high-throughput business-critical services.
Drive the evolution of API management practices including onboarding governance lifecycle management deprecation and retirement strategies.
Implement and optimize gateway functionalities such as routing transformation traffic management authentication and policy enforcement.
Develop automation scripts and operational workflows using Python to improve platform reliability and efficiency.
Design and implement automated API testing frameworks covering functional integration regression and performance validation.
Ensure comprehensive observability through metrics logs traces alerting and SLO-driven monitoring.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including application developers security and operations to align architecture with organizational standards.
Mentor engineering teams influence technical decisions and shape platform-level improvements and best practices.
Integrate API gateways with enterprise identity providers and security platforms ensuring compliance and security.

Requirements:

Hands-on experience designing building and operating API platforms or gateway solutions in production environments.
Deep expertise in API design: RESTful APIs versioning backward compatibility and error-handling patterns.
Strong experience with security protocols such as OAuth2 OpenID Connect JWT mTLS and API key management.
Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in high-throughput distributed systems.
Advanced proficiency in Java with experience in API gateway or service-oriented architectures.
Strong Python skills for automation tooling and operational workflows.
Extensive experience with designing and implementing automated API testing (functional integration regression performance).
Expertise in observability and telemetry including metrics logs traces alerting and SLO-driven monitoring.
Hands-on experience with Git code reviews CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Preferred but not required:

Experience with enterprise-grade API gateway platforms such as Apigee Kong Azure API Management or AWS API Gateway.
Strong understanding of API lifecycle management including onboarding governance versioning deprecation and retirement at scale.
Practical experience defining and enforcing traffic management and security policies like rate limiting throttling quotas and request/response transformations.
Familiarity with service mesh ingress controllers or edge routing technologies and their integration with API gateways.
Experience integrating APIs with enterprise identity providers and security platforms.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies for API gateway configurations.
Exposure to performance/load testing to validate scalability resiliency and failure handling.
Strong architectural mindset with the ability to identify systemic risks and drive platform-level improvements.
Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing cross-team technical strategies.
Excellent collaboration skills across application platform security and operations teams.