Senior AWS Java Architect - Cloud-Native Microservices

Tata Consultancy Services; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX is seeking a senior Java developer to design and build cloud-native applications. You will work with AWS, event-driven architectures, RESTful APIs, and microservices, delivering secure, scalable services with CI/CD and IaC practices.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into detailed designs, building distributed systems, and collaborating with architects, product managers, and QA to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Java and object-oriented design.
• Experience designing and building cloud-native applications.
• Practical experience with AWS services and architecture.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging platforms such as SQS, SNS, Kafka, or EventBridge.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience with microservices or distributed service-oriented systems.
• Experience with Docker and container-based development.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including testing, code reviews, and CI/CD.
• Experience working in Agile or iterative delivery environments.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to define detailed design and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Familiarity with security best practices, IAM, encryption, and secrets management.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define detailed technical design.
• Translate business and architecture requirements into clear, implementable low-level designs.
• Produce design documentation, interface contracts, and technical estimates.
• Design and develop cloud-native applications.
• Build scalable, resilient, and maintainable services using Java and AWS.
• Apply modern architecture patterns for distributed systems and enterprise platforms.
• Develop event-driven and API-based solutions.
• Design and implement asynchronous workflows using event-driven architecture.
• Build secure, well-documented APIs and service integrations.
• Work with serverless and containerized workloads.
• Develop solutions using AWS Lambda, containers, and orchestration platforms such as ECS or EKS.
• Choose the right runtime model based on performance, scale, and cost considerations.
• Implement distributed system best practices.
• Ensure reliability, fault tolerance, observability, and scalability.
• Address concerns such as retries, idempotency, latency, and consistency.
• Collaborate across teams and roles.
• Partner with architects, product managers, and technical team members to shape technical solutions.
• Contribute to design reviews and key design decision-making.
• Partner with Quality Assurance engineer to plan, develop, automate, and execute software testing.
• Follow engineering best practices.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code.
• Leverage available AI based coding tools.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, CI/CD, and release processes.
• Support application performance and operations.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize production systems.
• Investigate defects, incidents, and performance issues in collaboration with support and operations teams.
• Ensure security and compliance.
• Follow secure coding practices and cloud security standards.
• Apply least-privilege access, secrets management, and data protection controls.
• Mentor and guide team members.
• Share technical knowledge and support junior and mid-level engineers.
• Help raise the overall engineering quality of the team.

Skills

Java

Object-oriented design

Cloud-native apps

AWS

Event-driven architecture

SQS/SNS/Kafka/EventBridge

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Docker

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Debugging troubleshooting

Security best practices

IAM/encryption/secrets management

IaC tools (Ansible/Chef/Puppet)

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Tools

Docker

AWS

ECS

EKS

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX is seeking a senior Java developer to design and build cloud-native applications. You will work with AWS, event-driven architectures, RESTful APIs, and microservices, delivering secure, scalable services with CI/CD and IaC practices.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into detailed designs, building distributed systems, and collaborating with architects, product managers, and QA to ensure reliability and performance.