Senior Architect-Java
Position Description
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
Job Description – Java Backend Lead / Senior Architect
Experience: 12–15 Years
Location-Bengaluru
We are looking for an experienced Java Backend Lead/Architect with 12–15 years of hands on experience in designing, developing, and delivering scalable enterprise backend applications. The candidate should have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, cloud technologies, databases, and distributed systems, along with proven experience in technical leadership and mentoring.
Your future duties and responsibilities
. Design and develop scalable, secure, and high performance backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
. Architect and implement microservices based solutions and RESTful APIs.
. Lead technical design, architecture discussions, code reviews, and implementation of complex features.
. Develop highly available and fault tolerant distributed applications.
. Integrate backend services with databases, messaging platforms, and external systems.
. Drive modernization of legacy applications toward microservices and cloud native architectures.
. Collaborate with product owners, architects, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders.
. Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide root cause analysis.
. Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, security practices, and engineering best practices.
. Mentor senior/junior developers and provide technical guidance across the team.
. Contribute to CI/CD automation, DevOps practices, and Agile delivery.
Mandatory Technical Skills
. Java 8/11/17+
. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security
. Microservices Architecture
. RESTful Web Services / API Design
. Hibernate / JPA
. SQL and relational databases – Oracle/PostgreSQL/MySQL
. Kafka / messaging technologies
. Multithreading, concurrency, collections, JVM concepts
. Design Patterns and SOLID principles
. Git, Maven/Gradle
. JUnit, Mockito and unit/integration testing
. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
. Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines
Cloud & DevOps
Hands on experience with one or more cloud platforms:
. AWS / Azure / GCP
. Containerization using Docker
. Kubernetes/OpenShift
. CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Azure DevOps
. Monitoring and logging using tools such as ELK, Splunk, Grafana, or Prometheus
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Preferred Skills
. Event driven architecture
. Redis / caching technologies
. NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
. API Gateway and service discovery
. OAuth2 / JWT
. System design and scalability
. Performance tuning and JVM optimization
. Secure coding and OWASP practices
. Experience with AI/GenAI integration into enterprise applications is an advantage.
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