URGENT NEED
Need SRE consultants who are very strong in Java and can do coding. JD must match spec. Urgent
Job Title: Senior Java SRE
McLean, VA and Santa Monica, CA
Experience Required: 15+ years
Assignment Duration: 12+ Months
Engagement Type: Contract
Work Location: McLean, VA - Onsite (Hybrid/Initial Remote options depending on end-client)
Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and operate highly available, fault-tolerant systems
supporting core banking, payments, and trading platforms.
Lead SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability-driven
engineering decisions. Provide L3/L4 incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-
incident remediation for production systems. Support and optimize Java-based microservices running on Kubernetes
(EKS).
Implement and manage AWS-native services (EC2, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB,
S3, IAM, CloudWatch).
Develop automation using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and
policy enforcement.
Manage Kubernetes networking, storage, and service mesh integrations
including Istio / Anthos Service Mesh.
Implement advanced Kubernetes storage solutions using Portworx.
Architect and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
CI/CD, Jenkins, and cloud-native tooling.
Automate manual operational tasks using Python, Go, Bash, and
infrastructure-as-code patterns.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Prometheus, Datadog,
Splunk, Kiali, and custom dashboards.
Utilize eBPF for deep kernel-level observability and performance tuning.
Support real-time data platforms using Kafka, KSQLDB, Kafka Streams,
Spark Streaming.
Manage multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, including cluster
federation.
Optimize system performance, scalability, and latency under high
transaction volumes.
Enforce banking-grade security controls, IAM policies, secrets
management, and least-privilege access.
Support environments aligned with SOC2, PCI-DSS, SOX, and internal
banking security standards.
Provide 247 operational support, including rotational shifts, weekends,
and on-call coverage across all U.S. time zones. Required Technical
Expertise: Java (JVM internals, tuning, microservices)
AWS Cloud (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch)
Kubernetes (CKA/CKS-level depth)
Docker, Terraform
CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins
Streaming: Kafka, KSQLDB, Spark Streaming
Service Mesh: Istio, Anthos Service Mesh Monitoring: Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, Kiali
OS & Scripting: Linux/Unix, Bash
Programming: Python or Go
Virtualization: VMware
Networking & Performance: Nginx Controller, Seesaw, eBPF
Experience supporting core banking, payment gateways, or trading
platforms
Exposure to high-frequency transaction systems
Knowledge of regulatory audits and compliance controls
Experience with zero-downtime deployments and disaster recovery
strategies
Certifications
Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer
Professional
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security
Specialist (CKS)
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