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Jerry Thomas
@jerrythomas
Senior Java Cloud Engineer | Technical Lead | Java • Spring Boot • AWS • Kafka • Docker • Kubernetes
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I'm a Senior Java Cloud Engineer and Technical Lead with nearly 20 years of experience building enterprise applications across banking, financial services, and the energy sector.
I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures. Throughout my career, I've led technical initiatives, contributed to architecture decisions, supported mission-critical production systems, and modernized enterprise platforms.
To strengthen my cloud-native expertise, I've built fully functional reference platforms using AWS (EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFront), Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka 4.0, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, and Grafana. These projects demonstrate modern platform engineering, CI/CD, observability, and resilient distributed system design.
I'm passionate about solving complex backend engineering challenges and building scalable cloud-native platforms. I'm currently open to remote, contract, or full-time opportunities as a Technical Lead (Hands-on), Staff/Lead Java Backend Engineer, or Senior Java Cloud Engineer.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Current
Designed and implemented cloud-native enterprise reference platforms for reactive microservices, event-driven systems, and GitOps deployments, including a payments platform using Spring Boot WebFlux, Quarkus, PostgreSQL, OAuth2, and Spring Cloud Gateway.
Built a Kafka-based resilient data platform and production foundations (CI/CD, automated security scanning, and Prometheus/Grafana observability)
Led development of a cloud-native SaaS platform and built scalable serverless AWS Lambda tasks using Node.js for real-time edge data streaming, reducing cloud operational expenditure by 40%. Drove security remediation with Checkmarx and BlackDuck findings, enforced OAuth2 token-based authentication across microservices via centralized API Gateway validation, and improved long-term stability throug
TL
Provided 24/7 production support for a high-volume foreign exchange (FX) trading platform and applied TDD with JUnit test runners to eliminate regression defects. Owned reusable core assets across the organization, reducing feature bootstrapping time by 30%, while performing security and performance analysis using Fuse ESB, Spring Framework, and web services.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
AA
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Developer – Associate, Cloud Development
Earned the AWS Certified Developer – Associate certification (issued Dec 2024).
AA
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Cloud Architecture
Earned the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification (issued Jan 2022).
Linux Foundation
Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure Technologies, Cloud Infrastructure Technologies
Completed the Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure Technologies program (Linux Foundation) in 2019.
S
S90.01
S90.01 Certification, Service-Oriented Analysis and Design
Certified in Service-Oriented Analysis and Design (S90.01) in 2016.
MC
Model Engineering College
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Electronics and Communication
Earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electronics and Communication. Graduated in 2004.
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Location
IndiaAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
23k+ USD
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