Onsite Java Full-Stack Engineer | Terraform & Data Pipelines

SFE; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 66,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

SFE is seeking a Java Full Stack Engineer with Terraform experience to join onsite in Plano, TX. This 3 Month Contract to Hire role combines strong Java and Python engineering with Kubernetes, cloud, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

You will build production-grade data products and collaborate across engineering, security, and business teams. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of Java and Kubernetes experience, hands-on IaC with Terraform/OpenTofu, and a solid CI/CD background.

Qualifications

• 1+ years OpenTofu OR 4+ years Terraform or comparable IaC tools and practices.
• 4+ years Kubernetes.
• 4+ years Java applications (production).
• Java 11+ preferred; strong Java 8 experience considered.
• 4+ years Git-based version control (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
• 4+ years CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable data engineering applications and services.
• Build data pipelines for ingestion, integration, transformation, and delivery.
• Develop production-quality Java and Python solutions.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions or similar tools.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code with OpenTofu and Terraform.
• Build and operate AWS-based cloud data solutions with security best practices.
• Configure and monitor data flows using NiFi or similar platforms.
• Monitor availability and performance with Prometheus or similar observability tools.
• Communicate architectures, risks, and tradeoffs to stakeholders.
• Produce technical documentation and deployment guidance.

Skills

Java

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git workflows

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Docker

AWS

Job description

SFE is seeking a Java Full Stack Engineer with Terraform experience to join onsite in Plano, TX. This 3 Month Contract to Hire role combines strong Java and Python engineering with Kubernetes, cloud, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

You will build production-grade data products and collaborate across engineering, security, and business teams. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of Java and Kubernetes experience, hands-on IaC with Terraform/OpenTofu, and a solid CI/CD background.