Position Details

Salary $135K – $160K USD / year

Type Temp-to-Hire

Experience senior

Exp. Years 15+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

This senior engineering role involves overseeing a microservices ecosystem within the VA Lighthouse Program, providing architectural guidance, and ensuring platform reliability and scalability in a fully remote environment.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee microservices ecosystem
Lead architecture reviews
Guide AWS EKS configurations
Improve platform observability
Advise on scalability and reliability

Technical Overview

The role requires expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Ruby, Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, and microservices architecture, with a focus on operational observability and high availability.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with 15+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Ruby, with strong expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, and microservices architecture. They possess leadership skills and experience in managing large-scale, cloud-native environments.

Must-Have Skills

15+ years software engineeringJavaSpring BootRubyKubernetesAWSAPIsMonitoring

Nice-to-Have Skills

DockerOctopus DeployLarge-scale DeploymentsMicroservices PatternsCloud-native Architectures

Tools & Platforms

AWSEKSDockerKubernetesGitHubDatadogKibanaOctopus Deploy

Required Skills

JavaSpring BootRubyKubernetesAWSEKSDockerCI/CDGitHubAPIsMonitoringDatadogKibanaMicroservicesCloud Native Architectures

Hard Skills

JavaSpring BootRubyKubernetesAWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)DockerCI/CDGitHubAPIsMonitoring ToolsDatadogKibanaMicroservicesAPI ProgrammingCloud Native Architectures

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingStrategic ThinkingTeam Collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector

Job Function Lead technical direction and oversee microservices architecture for mission-critical VA systems

Keywords for Your Resume

JavaSpring BootRubyKubernetesAWS Elastic Kubernetes ServiceEKSDockerCI/CDGitHubAPIsMonitoring ToolsDatadogKibanaMicroservicesAPI ProgrammingCloud Native ArchitecturesAWSMonitoring

Deal Breakers

Less than 15 years of software engineering experience, Lack of experience with Kubernetes or AWS, No background in microservices architecture, Inability to work remotely

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