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# Kafta & Spring Boot admin / developer

- **Company:** CONSORTIUM
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, JIRA, Unit Testing, Continuous Integration, Eclipse (Software), Event-Driven Programming, Oracle Exadata, Github, WildFly (JBoss AS), Junit, Apache Maven, OpenShift, Scrum Methodology, Software Tools, Spring-boot, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Microservices
- **Published:** July 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=df68c2b8255de2b8

## About the Role

To be considered for work, A CANDIDATE MUST BE EITHER A U.S. CITIZEN - OR - PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN (No H1 visa holders) with three or more years of U.S. residency as a Permanent Resident Alien., * 8+ years Java/JEE microservices development with Spring REST and Spring Boot

 * 4 + year -f integrating KAFKA for Event Driven Workflows
 * 2 years of KAFKA Administration
 * 1 year using AI Tools such as Claude Code
 * 4 years working with Red Hat OpenShift Container platform
 * 4 years developing automated unit tests with JUnit
 * 4 years Eclipse or Spring Tool Suite or JBoss studio - 4 years
 * 3 + years Github, JIRA
 * 2 + years Oracle Exadata
Preferred Skills:

 * CI/CD Pipeline using GitHub Actions
 * Agile methodologies and working as Scrum Master
 * Maven

## Description

Senior Java Developer focused on architecting microservices with Spring Boot + Kafka on Red Hat OpenShift. This consultant will deploy, manage and scale Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters. Also will configure, manage and monitor containerized applications running on Kubernetes or OpenShift in a role that balances new development with critical maintenance and testing responsibilities.


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