Job Description: Please Note: • It's 100% Onsite position. • Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site in Woodlawn, MD, 5 days a week Key Required Skills: • Strong experience with Apache Kafka, Confluent Kafka (Preferred), Kafka Streams API, Java, REST API development, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and Agile Development Practices Position Description: • Design and develop applications using Kafka, Java, REST API and spring boot • Mentor Junior staff • Collaborate with product design and engineering teams to develop an understanding of needs. • Attend all Agile ceremonies. Requirements Skills Requirements: Basic Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field • Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience • Hands on experience with Apache Kafka and confluent Kafka • 10+ years of experience with programming and designing software with Java • 8+ years of experience on an Agile development team, preferable Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement. Required Skills • Strong design and development experience with Kafka and Kafka Stream Processing technologies. • Experience developing an event streaming pipeline, via Confluent Kafka, which includes a listener. • Extensive Design and Programming skills in Java and JEE technologies. • Strong experience working with RESTFUL API • Extensive development skills using latest Spring Boot and Spring Security Experience. • Experience architecting and deploying cloud-native applications onto Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar. • Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing and implementing solutions at a leadership level on project work. • Experience with modern development software, tools, and methodologies; Jenkins, Git/BitBucket, Jira, Nexus, Maven, Jenkins, OpenShift, UrbanCode Deploy. • Experience working on Agile projects and understanding Agile terminology. • Excellent communication and written skills. • Experience with Web Services Technologies like JSON. Desired Skills • Experience with the implementation of Section 508 standards for Web Applications. • Exposure to writing Technical White Papers and systems design documents. • Prior experience with federal or state governments IT projects. Education: • Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.