SRE/Platform Engineer

Apex Systems; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled software engineer to support cloud-native applications and drive innovation in microservices architecture. This role demands expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Python, alongside strong experience with Spring framework and DevOps practices. You will collaborate with a talented team, implementing CI/CD processes and utilizing cutting-edge tools like Docker and Kubernetes. If you have a passion for technology and a commitment to quality, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Java, Kotlin, and/or Python.
• Strong experience with development in Spring framework and DevOps practices.
• Ability to collaborate with software architects and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Support cloud native applications built on microservices architecture.
• Implement CI/CD and DevOps practices using various technologies.
• Drive innovation and define impactful technology solutions.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Python

Spring Framework

MongoDB

Postgres

Apache Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

DevOps

Google Cloud Platform

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

Tools

Jenkins

Spinnaker

Prometheus

Grafana

Pulumi

Terraform

Job description

• Supporting our newest platforms, on which:
• Cloud native applications are built, leveraging a microservices architecture, Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, MongoDB, Postgres, Docker, Kubernetes and React.
• Big data processing for analytics, BI, and data science are built leveraging Google technologies such as Google Cloud Storage, Google BigQuery, Google Composer (Apache Airflow), Looker, Kafka Connect.
• Implementing CI/CD, monitoring and other DevOps practices surrounding this platform leveraging technologies such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, Prometheus, Grafana and Mimir.
• Helping other engineers to learn and adopt these technologies and techniques.
• Innovating, driving, and defining high impact technology that creates solutions that positively impacts project delivery.
• Evangelizing and implementing engineering and testing best practices across the company (code reviews, SCM conventions, tools, etc.)

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years experience with Java, Kotlin and/or Python.
• Strong experience with development in Spring framework.
• Strong experience with both relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.
• Experience with developing RESTful services/APIs using JSON and/or XML.
• Experience with messaging technologies such as Apache Kafka, JMS, and/or ActiveMQ.
• Understanding of containerized application development with Docker.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes.
• 4+ years of DevOps experience.
• Strong experience with implementing DevOps practices.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and platforms such as GCP, AWS and/or Azure. GCP is preferred.
• Knowledge of build scripting tools such as Gradle, Ant, Maven, Gulp and Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, and Artifactory.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code principle and tooling such as Pulumi or Terraform.
• Experience with building batch and streaming data pipelines is a plus.
• Strong ability and willingness to learn and adopt new technologies to help JD Finish Line IT be more effective.
• Strong engineering mindset and attention to quality and detail – clean code, automated testing, peer review.
• Ability to collaborate with other software architects and engineers.
• Demonstrated success leading others engineers, providing technical direction and leadership.
• Strong collaboration and team-building skills. Ability to influence, mentor and develop skills in other technologists.