Java Solution Architect

Recruiter:

Golden Rule

Job Ref:

GDR03855

Date posted:

Monday, November 9, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable

SUMMARY:

Job Description

Strong skills in Java 17.
Microservices.
Event-Driven Architecture.
Kubernetes and Docker.
Design documentation.
Strong communication skills.
Understanding of Graph DB, Vector DB, and Distributed Databases.
Strong leadership skills.

POSITION INFO:
Job Description Strong skills in Java 17. Microservices. Event-Driven Architecture. Kubernetes and Docker. Design documentation. Strong communication skills. Understanding of Graph DB, Vector DB, and Distributed Databases. Strong leadership skills. Strong stakeholder management, communication, and team management skills. Â Software Stack Skills Required: Â OpenShift OpenShift Container Platform: For container orchestration and management. Streams for Apache Kafka: Use the Streams for Apache Kafka operator to deploy and manage Kafka clusters on OpenShift. Kafka Apache Kafka: For distributed messaging and real-time data streaming. Kafka Connect: To integrate Kafka with various data sources and sinks. (Confirm) Kafka Streams: For stream processing within Kafka. (Confirm) Java JDK (Java Development Kit): Preferably JDK 17 or later for development. Spring Boot: For building microservices and RESTful APIs. Kafka Clients: Java clients for producing and consuming messages from Kafka. SQL Database PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server. DB2: The system will still use DB2. Any popular open- or closed-source relational database will be suitable as a skill. Observability Framework Prometheus: For monitoring and alerting, especially in Kubernetes environments. Grafana: For visualising metrics collected by Prometheus. OpenTelemetry: For collecting logs, metrics, and traces from your applications. Jaeger: For distributed tracing to monitor and troubleshoot transactions in complex microservices environments. Fluentd: For log collection and aggregation. DevOps and CI\/CD Jenkins or GitLab CI\/CD: For continuous integration and deployment pipelines. Helm: For managing Kubernetes applications. Prometheus and Grafana: For monitoring and observability. Â Overall Requirement: This comprehensive stack ensures seamless integration of container orchestration, real-time data streaming, application development, robust data management, and observability.

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