Role/Title: Senior Azure & Java Specialist Engineer
Location: Hybrid (Alpharetta, GA or Oakland, CA) also remote is acceptable but Resource should reside local to the Alpharetta, GA or Oakland, CA area
Job Description:
AgreeYa is a global Systems Integrator and is seeking an experienced Sr. Azure & Java Specialist Engineer to join our growing team, then go into high-level overview.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement serverless solutions using Azure Functions and Azure Durable Functions with Java.
- Build event-driven architectures leveraging Azure Service Bus and Azure Event Grid.
- Deploy, manage, and optimize containerized Java applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Integrate Azure services into enterprise Java applications ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines for Java-based workloads.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in distributed systems and microservices environments.
- Performs as a key contributor to an engineering team that builds and supports exceptional products that provide innovative solutions to challenging business use cases, existing system and operational problems.
- Actively participates in architectural design, system analysis, and programming activities on application software; this may often require independent research and study.
- Develops high-quality and production-ready software by using best-practice data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and frameworks that are maintainable, scalable, responsive, and secure.
- Writes highest quality code with utmost attention to scalability, security and performance and with an end-to-end mindset from conception to delivery and production support, owning specifications, quality, release deployments and monitoring of production health.
- Produces complete, simple, and readable technical documentation for everything developed and maintains a team culture of documenting everything.
- Tests and ensures quality of all code that developed in line with principles of test-driven development and continuous delivery, utilizing test automation frameworks wherever possible.
Required Skills & Expertise:
- Very strong hands-on experience with:
- Azure Functions and Azure Durable Functions using Java.
- Azure Service Bus (messaging and queueing)
- Azure Event Grid (event routing and pub/sub)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (container orchestration)
- Proficiency in Java 11+, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
- Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Bicep.
- Experience with monitoring and logging using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, etc.
- Solid understanding of security best practices in Azure (RBAC, Managed Identities, Networking).
Must have:
- 2+ w/Bachelors degree.
- Experience designing and developing secure application and products.
- BS in computer science or equivalent technical field or equivalent work experience.
- Experience with developing, configuring and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure or any other cloud platform.
- Ability to identify key issues and details, and present understandable alternatives to both technical and non-technical individuals.
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation to support the testing, installation, operations, deployment and maintenance of products.
- Proven ability to effectively present data to facilitate understanding of findings.
- Ability to solve complex problems using analytical and creative problem-solving skills for design, development and testing of systems.
- Strong knowledge of prevailing technology trends, design patterns and ability to apply those as needed.
- Ability to interpret and analyze technology heatmaps and subsequently develop plans to remediate hardware/software nearing End of Life/End of Support.
- Competent at adhering to organizational processes and procedures including but not limited to scrum and various design artifacts.
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies.
- Life-long learner, process improver.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Developer Associate.
- Experience with distributed systems, high availability, and performance tuning for Java workloads.
- Familiarity with API Management, Azure Storage, and Azure MS SQL DB.
About AgreeYa:
AgreeYa is a global systems integrator delivering a competitive advantage for its customers through software, solutions, and services. Established in 1999, AgreeYa is headquartered in Folsom, California, with a global footprint and a team of more than 2,000+ professionals across offices. AgreeYa works with 550+ organizations ranging from Fortune 100 firms to small and large businesses across industries such as Telecom, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance, Healthcare, Utility & Energy, Technology, Public Sector, Pharma & Biotech, Retail, Client, and others. Please visit us at for more information.
Equal Opportunity:
AgreeYa is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected characteristics. Visit our website at to learn about our Career & Culture.
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