Programmer/Analyst: IV (Lead)

No sponsorship or C2C for this role

Must be a w2 employee of The Judge Group

Programmer/analyst: Iv (Lead)

Type: 3+ Months Contract to Hire

Locations: Columbus, OH (4 Days onsite, 1 day remote)

Required Skills:

5+ years of experience in Java, REST APIs, Kafka, JSON, and integration technologies (Fuse/IBM ACE/IIB).

Strong expertise in Spring Boot, Microservices, JAX-RS, Swagger, and API development.

Experience with IBM DataPower, IBM MQ/WebSphere MQ, IIB/ACE.

Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Maven, Git.

Strong SQL skills with Oracle, DB2, or MySQL.

Experience with GCP (Cloud Run, Terraform, BigQuery).

Knowledge of JWT authentication and API testing tools.

3+ years of technical leadership experience. Responsibilities:

Lead design and development of enterprise applications and integration solutions.

Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices.

Collaborate with business and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Drive Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-based deployments.

Mentor developers and serve as the technical owner for projects. Preferred:

Experience in Fraud Technology.

Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.