Senior Java Cloud Engineer Azure, Microservices & DevOps

Required Experience

Onsite Interview in Dallas, TX

Mandatory Skills

Java and backend engineering

• Java 17+ and strong Core Java fundamentals
• Spring Boot 3 for production API services
• RESTful API design and integration patterns
• GraphQL using Apollo or Spring GraphQL
• FastAPI for Python-based service development
• Writing, testing, documenting, and maintaining code, scripts, and technical processes
• Debugging, root-cause analysis, concurrency, performance, latency, durability, and scalability

Azure and cloud-native architecture

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Docker and containerized application deployment
• Azure networking: VNet, private endpoints/private networking, and security configurations
• Azure Event Hub for event/streaming workloads
• Azure Cosmos DB using the MongoDB API
• Azure PostgreSQL
• Cloud-native security practices and secure coding
• Design for scale, reliability, resilience, and cost efficiency

DevOps and automation

• GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines: build, test, deploy
• Git and GitHub workflows
• CloudSmith for artifact/package management
• Scripting and automation with Bash, Python, PowerShell, or similar
• Infrastructure-aware deployment, configuration, and release practices

Architecture and system design

• Microservices architecture and service-boundary design
• Distributed-systems patterns, integration patterns, and API contracts
• Technical-debt identification and reduction
• Reusable components, shared libraries, and cross-team platform thinking
• Scalability, latency, durability, and failure-mode analysis
• Security-by-design and early lifecycle security collaboration

Observability and quality

• Dynatrace for application performance monitoring and troubleshooting
• Dynatrace and Mezmo for centralized logging and observability
• Production readiness, monitoring, alerting, and incident analysis
• High-quality engineering practices, code review, testing, and documentation

Leadership and collaboration

• Coaching junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
• Leading root-cause analysis and driving corrective actions
• Evaluating technical risk and recommending practical mitigation
• Improving squad delivery practices and influencing engineering leadership
• Reducing duplicated effort and promoting reuse across teams
• Agile/Scrum collaboration, strong communication, and cross-functional partnership