Description

Hiring a Kafka Developer to support a federal contract engagement on the IRS Modernized e-File (MeF) platform, the system that processes electronically filed tax returns for the country. This is a remote, long-running federal engagement (through March 2027, with likely extension) building Java/JEE microservices with Kafka, Spring Boot, and Red Hat OpenShift.

Must-have skills

• Active IRS clearance
• Java / JEE
• Kafka
• Spring Boot / REST
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Oracle Exadata
• JUnit
• GitHub / JIRA

What you’ll do

• Design and develop Java/JEE microservices using Kafka, Spring REST Services, and Spring Boot
• Integrate Kafka for event driven workflows and handle Kafka administration
• Perform unit and integration testing
• Maintain and troubleshoot Java components based on IBM testing, customer testing, and production issues
• Participate in code reviews

Must-haves

• 8+ years Java/JEE microservices development with Spring REST and Spring Boot
• 4+ years integrating Kafka for event driven workflows
• 2+ years Kafka administration
• 4+ years with Red Hat OpenShift container platform
• 4+ years developing automated unit tests with JUnit
• 3+ years with GitHub and JIRA
• 2+ years with Oracle Exadata
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident with 3+ years of U.S. residency (no H1B visa holders)
• MUST already hold an ACTIVE IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI)/58C Tier 2RS clearance. Candidates without an active clearance will not be considered.

Nice-to-haves

• CI/CD pipeline experience using GitHub Actions
• Agile methodologies and Scrum Master experience
• Maven

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate