Senior Java Engineer: LDAP, PKI & REST API Expert

Bespoke Technologies; Virginia; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bespoke Technologies is seeking a Java Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience to design and implement secure, scalable Java EE applications. The role focuses on core Java development, LDAP-based security, and API integration within Linux environments.

The candidate will work with Tomcat deployments, PKI/certificates, and front-end tech such as JSP and jQuery to support robust web interfaces.

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of Core Java (not Spring Boot) and related Java ecosystem.
• Experience with LDAP authentication and custom LDAP solutions.
• Proficiency with SSH/Putty and Linux command-line tools.
• Developing REST APIs with secure cert-based requests and scalability.
• Experience with JDBC/DAO and MariaDB/MySQL without a framework.
• Experience deploying on Apache Tomcat and configuring Tomcat connectors.
• Front-end development with JSP, AJAX, jQuery, HTML/CSS.
• Jakarta Servlet API and servlet lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of PKI, X.509, OpenSSL, and certificate handling.

Responsibilities

• Will analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Write clean, maintainable Java code and document interfaces.
• Collaborate with security teams on encryption and PKI implementations.
• Assist in deployment and maintenance of applications on Tomcat.

Skills

Core Java

Java 17+

REST API

LDAP authentication

SSH/Putty

Linux

JDBC

Tomcat

JavaScript/jQuery

PKI/OpenSSL

X.509 certificates

JCA

Encryption: AES/RSA/ECC

Quartz scheduling

Git/GitHub

MariaDB/MySQL

Jakarta Servlet API

Apache HTTP Server

Tools

Eclipse IDE

OpenSSL

Putty

GitHub/Git

Apache Tomcat tools

Job description

Bespoke Technologies is seeking a Java Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience to design and implement secure, scalable Java EE applications. The role focuses on core Java development, LDAP-based security, and API integration within Linux environments.

The candidate will work with Tomcat deployments, PKI/certificates, and front-end tech such as JSP and jQuery to support robust web interfaces.