Microservices Engineer

MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our “Mission First” orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. We have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.

Microservices Engineer – Fully Remote (Temp‑to‑Hire) Salary: $135,000–$160,000

The VA Lighthouse Program is a major U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs initiative modernizing how Veterans, partners, and internal teams access critical VA data through secure, scalable APIs. The program AI & Engineering team supports this mission by strengthening platform reliability, modernizing technology, and enabling high‑performing engineering teams across the enterprise. This role is fully remote and temp‑to‑hire, with conversion eligibility based on client requirements.

Oversight Across a Large Microservices Ecosystem

This senior engineering role provides technical leadership and architectural guidance across dozens of microservices powering mission‑critical VA systems.

• Oversee technical direction for 32 microservices across 6 agile teams (~40 engineers).
• Lead architecture and code reviews for Spring Boot and Ruby microservices.
• Review and guide AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) YAML configurations.
• Improve health monitoring, DORA metrics, and operational observability.
• Identify and recommend solutions to improve scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Advise executives on strategic technology decisions and team capacity planning.
• Oversee major deployments, high‑risk secret key rotations, and on‑call operations.

Mandatory Skills and Experience

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Ruby.
• Deep experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and version control.
• Experience operating in 24/7, 99.999% SLA environments.
• Background working with public‑facing APIs and complex backend data integrations.
• Proficiency with monitoring tools such as Datadog and Kibana.
• Strong executive‑level communication skills.
• Mastery in API programming and the Java Spring Framework.
• Advanced experience with AWS DevOps and GitHub.

Preferred Skills

• Intermediate experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Octopus Deploy.
• Familiarity with large‑scale deployments, microservices patterns, and cloud‑native architectures.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: MKS2 Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.