Kafta & Spring Boot admin / developer at The Consortium, Inc.
Mc Lean, VA
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Jul 23, 2026
Mc Lean, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level contract role (8 months, likely to extend) centered on designing and building Java microservices using Spring Boot and Kafka on Red Hat OpenShift. Day-to-day work spans deploying and managing Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters, configuring and monitoring containerized applications, and balancing new feature development with maintenance and automated testing. Suits an experienced Java/JEE engineer with deep Kafka and OpenShift backgrounds.
Senior level · 8+ years · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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Why we read it this way (9)
The contract duration is stated as 8 months with a high likelihood of extension.
The posting explicitly restricts candidates to U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident Aliens with 3+ years of U.S. residency — H1 visa holders are excluded.
The '8+ years Java/JEE microservices' requirement is the stated role-level experience floor and also maps to Java/Spring Boot as the primary technology stack.
The AI tools requirement (1 year) specifically names 'Claude Code' as an example; captured as 'Claude' representing that tool category gate.
Eclipse, Spring Tool Suite, and JBoss Studio are listed as interchangeable IDE options under the same 4-year requirement — captured as one skill with alternatives.
Agile/Scrum Master is listed under Preferred Skills but names no specific tool or platform, so it was omitted per the no-generic-methodology rule.
CI/CD Pipeline using GitHub Actions and Maven appear under 'Preferred Skills' and are marked accordingly.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Kafka Administration.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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