Java Kafka - Lead

Location: Noida, UP, India

Company: Iris Software

Job Description

Mandatory Skills:

- Kafka
- Microservices + REST APIs
- Java 17+
- Hibernate
- KaaS (Kafka as a Service)
- Kafa Connectors
- JPA
- Spring Boot + Spring Security (JWT)
- Spring Boot + Spring Security (Oauth)

Key Responsibilities:

- Define and drive enterprise application architecture strategy using Core Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices. Also ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.
- Lead strategic technical decisions related to application modernization, framework selection, and cloud-native adoption.
- Architect distributed systems, microservices platforms, and API-driven ecosystems aligned with enterprise goals.
- Establish engineering standards, governance practices, reusable frameworks, and secure development guidelines across teams.
- Lead engineering teams and drive collaboration across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Drive implementation of non-functional requirements including scalability, observability, security, and disaster recovery.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical discussions, and modernization initiatives ensuring future-ready application ecosystems.
- Design and drive enterprise messaging and event-driven architectures using relevant messaging and event-streaming technologies.
- Collaborate with leadership teams and enterprise architects to align engineering initiatives with organizational strategy.
- Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/CD automation, cloud-native engineering, and containerization practices.
- Identify technical risks and architectural gaps proactively while defining mitigation strategies for long-term platform stability.

Behavioral Competencies:

- Provides strong technical leadership aligned with business and technology objectives.




- Drives architecture and solution design decisions for scalable, secure, and maintainable applications.
- Balances delivery accountability with technical excellence, quality, and team collaboration.
- Builds and mentors high-performing teams by fostering ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders for successful delivery.
- Demonstrates robust stakeholder management and communication by providing visibility into risks and technical decisions.
- Drives engineering excellence through governance standards, automation, reusable frameworks, and best practices.
- Promotes a culture of quality, performance optimization, reliability, and continuous improvement.
- Leads modernization and cloud adoption initiatives supporting enterprise engineering transformation.
- Encourages innovation through evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies and tools.

Mandatory Competencies

- Middleware - API Middleware - Microservices
- Middleware - API Middleware - API (SOAP, REST)
- Programming Language - Java - Java Multithreading
- Programming Language - Java - OOPS Concepts
- Programming Language - Java - Java 17 or latest
- Programming Language - Java - Hibernate
- Programming Language - Java - JPA
- Middleware - Message Oriented Middleware - Messaging (JMS, ActiveMQ, RabitMQ, Kafka, SQS, ASB etc)
- DevOps/Configuration Mgmt - DevOps/Configuration Mgmt - GitLab,Github, Bitbucket
- Development Tools and Management - Development Tools and Management - Maven
- Database - Oracle - PL/SQL Packages
- Programming Language - Java - Design Patterns
- Programming Language - Java - Design Principles
- Programming Language - Java - Spring Framework
- Middleware - Java Middleware - Springboot
- Beh - Communication and collaboration

📌 Java Kafka - Lead (Noida)
🏢 IRIS SOFTWARE
📍 Noida