Senior Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Senior Engineer with 5+ years in critical software development. You will design and operate high-availability systems, leveraging Java, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Strong debugging across networks, infra, and databases is essential, with experience in Istio and observability stacks. You will collaborate across teams, apply Agile practices, and contribute to scalable services at scale using modern tooling and IaC.

Qualifications

• 5+ yrs of Relevant experience in a critical software development role with high business impact.
• Excellent engineering skills and senior architecture.
• Strong grounding in networking, operating systems, virtualization, and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead software delivery in a high-impact environment with end-to-end accountability.
• Apply SCRUM/Kanban Agile practices to delivery.
• Architect and debug across networking, infra, app, and DB layers to isolate root causes.
• Operate at scale on Docker/Kubernetes with service mesh (Istio) where applicable.
• Utilize CI/CD orchestration tools and IaC tooling (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Engage in stakeholder management and clear written/verbal communication.

Skills

Core JAVA

Containerization

Kubernetes

GitOps

High Availability Systems

Observability

Infrastructure as Code

Hyperscale Systems

Configuration Management

Docker

Istio

MQ

Apache Kafka

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Tools

Datadog

AppDynamics

Dynatrace

Terraform

CloudFormation

Virtualization

Job description

Salary Range: $125,000 to $135,000 per year

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Programming (Java),
• Containerization, Kubernetes, GitOps,
• High Availability Systems,
• Observability (tools and implementation),
• Infrastructure as Code,
• Hyperscale Systems,
• Configuration Management

Roles & Responsibilities

• 5+ yrs of Relevant experience in a critical software development role with high business impact, ability to understand how software delivers business value.
• Excellent engineering skills and senior architecture.
• Excellent working knowledge of key computer science concepts (networking, operating systems, virtualization, containerization, etc.)
• Polyglot full-stack developer mentality and ability to pick up new languages and skills
• Excellent understanding of Software Engineering concepts like Software Development Life Cycle and GitOps
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills: ability to isolate root cause across networking/infrastructure, application and database stacks
• Operational experience of deploying and running services at scale on top of Docker/Kubernetes stack and a service mesh, like Istio, is highly desirable
• Operational experience with orchestration tools for CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (Terraform, Cloud Formation, etc.) is highly desirable.
• Experience of delivering software using Agile delivery methodologies is a must (SCRUM/Kanban).
• Operational experience of using middleware technologies (MQ, Apache Kafka, etc.) to run services at scale is desirable.
• Strong experience with end-to-end observability stacks (Datadog, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, etc.) is desirable.
• Degree in computer science/mathematics/physics or related technical subjects is desirable.
• Experience of senior stakeholder management.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Location

Jersey City, NJ

Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Senior Engineer

ID

433984

Skills

Core JAVA

Salary Range

$125,000 - $135,000

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE