Java Architect

As an experienced candidate with over 9 years of experience, your role will involve optimizing performance and troubleshooting in a Middleware environment. **Key Responsibilities:** - Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting: - Perform JVM tuning, garbage collection optimization, and thread management to enhance system performance. - Troubleshoot performance issues across middleware layers, including Kafka and Kubernetes environments. - Analyze application logs and metrics to pinpoint performance bottlenecks and provide actionable insights. - Middleware Performance Engineering: - Optimize Kafka for high-throughput and low-latency messaging systems. - Leverage Kubernetes for container orchestration and resource management to achieve scalability and fault tolerance. - Use performance monitoring tools like Dynatrace to identify system-level inefficiencies and propose improvements. - Code Review & Design Recommendations: - Conduct in-depth code reviews to ensure performance best practices are adhered to. - Collaborate with development teams to refine application design, ensuring alignment with performance objectives. - Collaboration with Architecture Team: - Partner with application architects to explain identified performance challenges and propose detailed improvement plans. - Influence architectural decisions with performance-first strategies to support robust and scalable solutions. - Performance Testing & Monitoring: - Develop and execute performance testing strategies to validate the system's reliability under load. - Establish automated performance monitoring pipelines for proactive issue detection and resolution. **Qualification Required:** - Strong Java programming skills with in-depth knowledge of JVM internals and tuning. - Hands-on experience with Kafka, Grafana, Kubernetes, and related middleware technologies. - Proficiency in using Dynatrace or similar tools for performance analysis and optimization. - Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex system performance issues. - Capability to review code and recommend design optimizations from a performance perspective. - Excellent communication skills to work closely with architects, developers, and cross-functional teams. If any additional details of the company are present in the JD, they are omitted in this summary.,