Lead DevOps Engineer with Java exp
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Contract
4 weeks ago
Key skills
PythonJavaShellAnalyticsSpring BootSpringAzureTerraformKubernetesJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIAnsibleAzure DevOpsPrometheusGrafanaSplunkDynatraceGitHubGitLabCI/CD
About this role
Job Title : Lead DevOps Engineer with Java exp
Location : Columbus, Ohio, United States
Primary Skill : Java, DevOps
Job Description :
Java + DevOpsKey
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application build, test, and deployment
Automate deployments and environment provisioning to improve release reliability and speed
Integrate Splunk with applications for centralized logging, alerting, and analytics
Develop and maintain Dynatrace monitoring, alerts, and custom dashboards
Build and manage Grafana dashboards for system, application, and business metrics
Define and implement monitoring and observability standards across teams
Proactively monitor system health, performance, and availability
Partner with development teams to improve application reliability and operability
Support production systems, perform root-cause analysis, and drive incident resolution
Implement best practices for resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance
Document operational runbooks and monitoring guidelines
Design, develop, and maintain Java-based backend services using Spring Boot and microservices architecture
Develop and consume REST and SOAP web services
Implement message-driven architectures using MQ and KafkaRequired
Skills & Qualifications
Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.)
Hands-on experience integrating Splunk for application and infrastructure logging
Strong expertise with Dynatrace including:
Application performance monitoring (APM)
Custom metrics, alerts, and dashboards
Experience designing and managing Grafana dashboards
Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability principles
Experience working in enterprise-scale production environments
Strong scripting and automation skills (Shell, Python, or similar)
Ability to troubleshoot complex system and application issuesNice to Have
Experience with Kubernetes monitoring and containerized workloads
Familiarity with Prometheus and metrics-based monitoring
Exposure to infrastructure as code (Terraform and Ansible)
Experience supporting microservices-based architectures
Prior experience in banking or regulated environments
Understanding of SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs