Back End Developer

Backend Infrastructure AdministratorLocation: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid – office 2X or more per week)Duration: 6 months (possible extension)Job Description:Bachelor's Degree or master's degree in computer science or similar.6 years of technology experience.Develop / Support deliverables based on business enhancements.Enhance existing applications on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.Work on digital transformation and modernize the application based on new technologies.Experience in working with very complex systems using micro services architecture and on large databases.Installing and configuring Kafka.Installing and configuring IBM MQ.Primary Technical Skill Sets:2+ years of IBM MQ administration and technology experience.4+ yrs of well-versed experience as Kafka administrator.Installing and configuring Kafka.Hands-on experience in creating Kafka topics/brokers & setup Zookeeper instances.Know how to setup - scheduler as well as real time data ingestion (from source to sink) using Kafka connectors (supporting CRUD operations).Experienced in creating Kafka producers and consumers using micro services.Error handling & retry/replay of messages if upstream/downstream system fails (error topic/queue concept).Well-versed in deploying Kafka nodes as POD or Docker containers on Oracle cloud environment (OCI).Kafka monitoring dashboard setup using tools like Grafana.Experience installing and upgrading WebSphere MQ on Linux.Experienced in creating the MQ clustering queues and channels.Experience in IBM MQ/ WMQ Administration like QMgr, Channels, Cluster, Remote Queues.Configuration and troubleshooting of SSL for Queue managers.Working knowledge of WebSphere MQ distributed queuing environment.Working knowledge of WebSphere MQ 9.0/9.1 on Linux platform.J2EE Integration Developer.Experience in - Docker, Kubernetes containerization, Spring boot framework for systems integration.Jenkins, Ansible, GIT, Terraform, Docker/Kubernetes.Scripting and code writing skills needed for utility and adhoc projects.Experience using SQL on Oracle 12c or 19c.Unix shell scripting experience.J2EE Integration Developer.Exposure to working with cloud computing, especially Oracle Cloud.Exposure to infrastructure automation, scalability, micro services architecture.Preferred Skills:Experience installing and upgrading WebSphere MQ on Linux.Experience working with IBM vendor for any product-related issues and apply the fix.Configuration and troubleshooting of SSL for Queue managers.Experience working with Java JDK Ver 11+, microservices development.Working knowledge of JMS.Required experience in Camel.Understand, in detail, the different MQ functions.Time management skills, with the capability to prioritize and multitask as needed to collaborate and work with multiple teams.