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# Cloud Architect/Principal Engineer

- **Company:** Solugenix Corporation
- **Location:** Irvine, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $197,600.0 - $239,200.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Github, Performance Tuning, Datadog, Cloud Platform System, Spring-boot, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Event Driven Architecture, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Cloudwatch, Restful APIs, Terraform, Splunk, Microservices
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/43a07072-65a7-4728-8cba-14611f767e17

## About the Role

* 14+ years of software/platform engineering experience with significant architecture experience.
 * Proven experience with large-scale distributed systems and production environments.
 * Strong communication, technical leadership, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.
 * AWS/Kubernetes/Kafka certifications are a plus., * Kafka: Administration, architecture, performance tuning, security, HA/DR, monitoring.
 * Spring Boot/Java: Microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architecture, resiliency.
 * AWS: Strong cloud architecture and hands-on engineering experience.
 * Kubernetes: Architecture, EKS, deployments, networking, security, scaling, troubleshooting.
 * DevOps: CI/CD, Terraform/IaC, Git, containerization.
 * Observability: Datadog, Splunk, PrometheGrafana, OpenTelemetry or equivalent.

Pay Range for CA, CO, IL, NJ, NY, WA, and DC: $95/hour to $115/hour. Starting rate of pay offered may vary depending on factors including but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.

## Description

We are seeking a Cloud Architect/Principal Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Kafka, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes to lead architecture, engineering, modernization, and operational excellence for highly scalable cloud-native platforms., * Define and lead end-to-end architecture for scalable, resilient cloud-native applications and platforms.

 * Provide technical leadership for Kafka, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes.
 * Design and optimize Kafka clusters, including HA, replication, partitioning, security, performance, monitoring, and DR.
 * Architect Spring Boot microservices and event-driven applications with focus on scalability, resiliency, and performance.
 * Design and optimize AWS architectures, including EKS, VPC, S3, RDS, and CloudWatch.
 * Lead Kubernetes/EKS architecture, deployment, scaling, security, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
 * Drive DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation using tools such as Terraform and GitHub/Harness.
 * Lead complex production incidents, root-cause analysis, and technical remediation.
 * Mentor senior engineers and serve as the technical escalation point for complex issues.


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