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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Engineer - **Company:** Randstad - **Location:** Westlake, TX, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $156,000.0 - $158,080.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Static Program Analysis, Software Quality, Computer Networks, DevOps, Github, Protocol Buffers, Gradle, Identity and Access Management, Image Management, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Apache Maven, Octopus Deploy, Scrum Methodology, Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Java Application Server, Istio, Spring-boot, Event Driven Architecture, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Flink, Avro, Apache Kafka, Linkerd (Service Mesh), Spark Streaming, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Terraform, Stream Processing, Dynatrace, Docker, Jenkins, Confluent, Microservices - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1a15d5ab-0d80-48d1-96c1-f5182336a6af ## About the Role Experience with Apache Kafka: topic design, consumer groups, offset management, and schema evolution (Avro / Protobuf with Schema Registry). - Familiarity with Kafka deployment and operations on Kubernetes (Strimzi Operator or Confluent Platform). - Exposure to stream processing frameworks such as Kafka Streams, Apache Flink, or Spark Structured Streaming., Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a technology-related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) required. - 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating production Kubernetes clusters (self-managed or managed services such as EKS, AKS, GKE). - Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals: workload scheduling, RBAC, network policies, Helm/Kustomize, Operators, and cluster autoscaling. - Strong experience with DevOps practices and tooling: CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD / Flux GitOps), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), and container image management (Docker, container registries). - Proven ability to build and maintain self-service developer platforms and golden-path templates on Kubernetes. - 2+ years of experience operating workloads on Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform), including networking, IAM, and cost optimisation. - Strong knowledge of observability: metrics (PrometheGrafana), logging (ELK / OpenSearch), and distributed tracing. - Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateway patterns. - Solid experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban and SCRUM). - Strong technical design and analysis skills; ability to deal with ambiguity and work in a fast-paced environment. - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong collaboration skills across multiple teams. qualifications: - 3+ years of experience developing microservices with Java and Spring Boot. - Strong understanding of microservices architecture, REST APIs, and event-driven design patterns. - Experience containerising and deploying Java applications to Kubernetes, including JVM tuning for container environments. - Familiarity with build tooling (Maven, Gradle) and code quality practices (unit/integration testing, static analysis). ## Related Videos - [Effective Java Strategies and Architectures for Clouds](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/186-effective-java-strategies-and-architectures-for-clouds) - [Rate-limiting using eBPF and Istio: How to protect your SaaS customers from themselves](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100220-rate-limiting-using-ebpf-and-istio-how-to-protect-your-saas-customers-from-themselves) - [From event streaming to event sourcing 101](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/91-from-event-streaming-to-event-sourcing-101) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Get started with securing your cloud-native Java microservices applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/123-get-started-with-securing-your-cloud-native-java-microservices-applications) - [Enterprise-Cloud-Native - Fast-Paced Development & Deployment in a Highly Secure Banking Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/671-enterprise-cloud-native-fast-paced-development-deployment-in-a-highly-secure-banking-environment) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Top 10 Java Libraries](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/364-top-10-java-libraries) - [Learning Kubernetes made easy with KubeCampus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/348-learning-kubernetes-made-easy-with-kubecampus)