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Java architect

London
Avance Consulting
Java architect
Posted: 10h ago
Offer description

We are seeking an experienced Java & AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, secure, and resilient microservices-based systems. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS architecture, and DevOps, with a strong track record of enterprise-grade solution design, performance optimization, and cloud-native modernization.


Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
Define end-to-end architecture for microservices, APIs, integration patterns, and data flows.
Create solution blueprints, sequence diagrams, and cloud reference architectures (multi-account, VPC, networking, security).
Drive non-functional requirements (scalability, availability, performance, reliability, DR, observability).
Cloud & Platform
Architect secure, cost-optimized solutions using AWS services (EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, ALB/NLB, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, ElastiCache, MSK/Kinesis, CloudWatch, IAM, KMS).
Establish CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and environment strategies (dev/test/stage/prod).
Engineering Leadership
Provide hands-on guidance in Java/Spring Boot, design patterns, and microservices best practices.
Review code and designs, enforce standards, and mentor teams.
Collaborate with Product, Security, SRE, and QA to ensure end-to-end delivery.
Security & Compliance
Implement secure design: encryption, secret management, secure SDLC, API security (OAuth2/OIDC), network segmentation, least privilege in IAM.
Align with standards (OWASP, NIST, CIS Benchmarks, PCI/ISO 27001 where applicable).
Observability & Resilience
Define logging, metrics, tracing (OpenTelemetry), health checks, circuit breakers, retries, and backoff strategies.
Design for HA/DR: multi-AZ, backups, RPO/RTO, chaos testing readiness.
Governance & Stakeholder Management
Translate business requirements into architecture roadmaps and decision records.
Present solutions to senior stakeholders; manage risks, dependencies, and cost.

Required Experience & Skills
Experience: 10–15 years overall, including 4–6 years as an architect designing distributed systems at scale.
Core Tech Stack
Java 11+/17, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA/Hibernate, RESTful services.
Microservices architecture: domain-driven design (DDD), BFF patterns, event-driven architectures.
AWS Cloud: EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, MSK/Kinesis, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Route 53, ALB/NLB, VPC/Subnets/NACL/Security Groups.
DevOps: CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/GitLab), IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), Docker, Kubernetes.
Messaging & Integration: Kafka/MSK, SQS/SNS, gRPC/REST, webhook patterns, integration gateways.
Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Aurora), NoSQL (DynamoDB/DocumentDB), caching (Redis/ElastiCache).
Architecture Competencies
Designing scalable, fault-tolerant microservices and API ecosystems.
Performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimization on AWS.
Strong understanding of networking (TLS, DNS, routing), security, and compliance in cloud environments.

Soft Skills
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, documentation, and leadership.
Ability to mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices across teams.

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