Conduent - Senior Manager - Java Architecture

Job Role/Title :

- Senior Manager Java Architect

Experience Level :

- 15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in technical leadership or solution architecture roles.

Role Overview :

We are seeking a hands-on Technical Architect / Lead with deep expertise in Spring Boot microservices and Azure Event Hub or similar cloud streaming architectures. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and deliver scalable, event-driven solutions on Azure or similar clouds (AWS). This role requires strong technical problem-solving skills, Team & architecture ownership, and the ability to guide teams through the full development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities :

Architecture and Design :

- Architect and design microservices-based solutions using Spring Boot

- Build event-driven and streaming architectures using Azure Event Hub, Kafka, or similar platforms.

- Define integration patterns between producers and consumers, manage offsets, partitions, and checkpoints effectively.

- Design and implement secure RESTful APIs and asynchronous communication patterns.

- Architect cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, App Services, and related cloud components.

- Develop reference architectures, reusable components, and best practice frameworks for microservices and event streaming.

Hands-on Development and Technical Leadership :

- Lead by example through hands-on coding, code reviews, and POC development.

- Collaborate with development teams to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.

- Ensure high code quality, proper design patterns, and best practices are followed across teams.

- Work closely with DevOps teams to build automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.

- Conduct technical evaluations, architecture reviews, and participate in solution governance forums.

Leadership and Delivery :

- Lead and mentor engineering teams through design, development, and deployment phases.

- Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, Support teams.

- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers.

- Conduct architecture reviews, POCs, and solution governance activities.

Performance, Reliability, and Optimization :

- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability of systems using Azure-native patterns.

- Optimize Event Hub throughput, partitioning, and consumer performance.

- Implement and maintain observability through monitoring, logging, and tracing tools such as Grafana, Azure Monitor, Application Insights.

- Troubleshoot and resolve production performance issues across distributed services.

Required Skills and Experience :

- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, and RESTful API development.

- 3+ yrs. of proven expertise in Azure Event Hub, Kafka, or other event streaming platforms.

- Solid understanding of microservices architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, and event sourcing.

- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, AKS).

Working knowledge of Azure services :

- Key Vault, Application Insights, Azure Functions, App Services.

- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks.

- Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and system design skills.

- Strong collaboration skills across DevOps, Security, and Product teams.