Full-Stack Java Engineer for Kafka & AWS MSK Migration

NTT DATA North America; Washington; On-site; USD 75,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with match

Paid time off

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Full Stack Java Engineer with deep expertise in Apache Kafka and AWS MSK to lead the migration of enterprise streaming infrastructure to AWS MSK. You will design and build event-driven applications, modernize streaming platforms, and collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure a smooth, low-risk transition.

The role requires strong Java (8/11/17), Spring Boot, React/Angular frontend experience, and hands-on AWS services, IaC, and CI/CD skills to deliver

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with Java-based enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in Java (8/11/17), Spring Boot, and RESTful API development.
• Deep experience with Apache Kafka, including: Producers and consumers, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry (Avro or Protobuf), consumer groups and partitioning strategies.
• Proven experience implementing or migrating workloads to AWS MSK (including MSK Connect or MSK Serverless).
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, S3, and Secrets Manager.
• Experience building full-stack applications using React or Angular.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or GitLab CI), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation), and container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or MongoDB.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Experience supporting large-scale production migrations with minimal downtime.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering and infrastructure teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the migration of on-premises or self-managed Kafka clusters to AWS MSK, including planning, sizing, replication, and production cutovers.
• Design, develop, and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs that publish and consume Kafka events.
• Build and enhance full-stack applications using modern frontend technologies (React or Angular) where required.
• Refactor Kafka producers and consumers to support AWS MSK, including IAM authentication, TLS, networking, and security best practices.
• Optimize Kafka performance through effective partitioning, replication, retention, and consumer group management.
• Implement monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools.
• Develop migration strategies including validation, dual-read/dual-write, rollback planning, and production readiness.
• Partner with DevOps teams to provision infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Ensure secure, compliant implementations with encryption, IAM, mTLS, and SASL/SCRAM authentication.
• Troubleshoot application, streaming, and infrastructure performance issues.
• Produce technical documentation, migration runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote Kafka and AWS best practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Apache Kafka

AWS MSK

React/Angular

CI/CD

Terraform/CloudFormation

Docker/Kubernetes

PostgreSQL/DynamoDB/MongoDB

Distributed systems

Migration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

React

Angular

Kafka

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Full Stack Java Engineer with deep expertise in Apache Kafka and AWS MSK to lead the migration of enterprise streaming infrastructure to AWS MSK. You will design and build event-driven applications, modernize streaming platforms, and collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure a smooth, low-risk transition.

The role requires strong Java (8/11/17), Spring Boot, React/Angular frontend experience, and hands-on AWS services, IaC, and CI/CD skills to deliver