Senior SOA / Kafka Architect & Developer

Job Title: Senior SOA / Kafka Architect & Developer
Location: Arlington, VA- Remote
Clearance: Active DoD Secret Required

Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior SOA / Kafka Architect & Developer with strong hands-on experience in Confluent Kafka, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Service Bus (OSB), and Java/J2EE technologies.

The ideal candidate will design, develop, and maintain enterprise integration solutions, real-time messaging platforms, APIs, and middleware services.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop enterprise integration solutions using Confluent Kafka and Oracle SOA Suite.
Develop and maintain Oracle Service Bus (OSB), REST APIs, and SOAP web services.
Configure, administer, and troubleshoot Kafka clusters and connectors.
Develop Java/J2EE applications and integration services.
Support Oracle WebLogic and SOA environments.
Integrate enterprise applications, databases, and legacy systems.
Perform performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production support.

Required Skills

Confluent Kafka / Apache Kafka
Oracle SOA Suite 11g/12c
Oracle Service Bus (OSB)
Java / J2EE / Spring
Oracle WebLogic Server
REST APIs / SOAP Web Services
Kafka Connectors, JDBC, and SFTP
Oracle Database, SQL, and XML
Enterprise application integration and middleware architecture

Experience & Qualifications
10+ years of software development and enterprise integration experience.
Strong hands-on architecture and development experience.
Experience with high-availability systems and distributed messaging.