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# Java Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Capgemini
- **Location:** Columbus, OH, United States
- **Salary:** $68,911.0 - $161,544.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Frameworks, Microsoft Azure, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Gradle, Monitoring of Systems, Key Management, Mainframes, OAuth, OpenID, OpenShift, Oracle (Applications), Redis, Openid Connect, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Z/OS, Openapi, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Spring Cloud, Grafana, Spring-boot, Software Security, Backend, Gitlab, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Splunk, Dynatrace, Jenkins
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.capgemini.com/jobs/520968-en_US_SAPBTP/x/

## About the Role

* Deep hands-on experience with Java 17+/21+ and Spring Boot (3.x preferred).
 * Strong background in building shared frameworks, reusable components, and platform services, beyond traditional application development.
 * Extensive experience designing and developing REST APIs and working with OpenAPI standards/specifications.
 * Proven experience implementing event-driven architectures using Kafka.
 * Strong understanding of distributed systems and related design patterns, including:
 + Resilience and fault tolerance
 + Retry mechanisms
 + Circuit breakers
 + High-availability architectures

Nice to Have

 * Experience integrating with legacy enterprise systems, including:
 + z/OS
 + Mainframe platforms
 + CIS systems
 * Exposure to Redis, Kafka, and Oracle in large-scale, high-throughput environments.
 * Strong understanding of application security, including:
 + OAuth 2.0
 + OpenID Connect (OIDC)
 + Secrets management
 * Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as:
 + Splunk
 + Dynatrace
 + Prometheus
 + Grafana
 * Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and standardized build frameworks using:
 + Gradle
 + Jenkins
 + GitLab
 * Experience with container orchestration platforms:
 + Kubernetes
 + OpenShift
 * Experience working with cloud environments, with Microsoft Azure preferred.

Key Technologies

Java 17/21+ | Spring Boot 3.x | Kafka | REST APIs | OpenAPI | Distributed Systems | Redis | Oracle | OAuth2 | OIDC | Kubernetes | OpenShift | Azure | Gradle | Jenkins | GitLab | Splunk | Dynatrace | Prometheus | Grafana

Preferred Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have a strong platform engineering mindset, experience building enterprise-scale backend solutions, and the ability to design, develop, and support highly scalable, resilient, and cloud-native applications.

## Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Java Platform Engineer with strong expertise in modern Java development, platform engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies. The ideal candidate should have experience building reusable frameworks, scalable services, and event-driven solutions for enterprise environments.


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