Galaxy i technologies Inc · 1 day ago
GemFire & Redis Technical Lead
Louisville, KY
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expGalaxy i technologies Inc is seeking a GemFire & Redis Technical Lead to drive the architecture and implementation of GemFire data grid solutions. The role involves building distributed systems, providing technical leadership, and optimizing performance of both GemFire and Redis systems.
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Hiring Manager
Prasanna Kumar
Responsibilities
Lead architecture, design, and implementation of GemFire data grid solutions
Build resilient distributed systems that support high-volume read/write workloads
Integrate GemFire with streaming, microservices, analytics, and backend systems
Define capacity planning, deployment patterns, failover strategies
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to developers and engineers
Drive coding standards, code reviews, automated testing
Troubleshoot performance, latency, partitioning, and replication issues
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Dev, Ops, QA, Infra)
Participate in architecture reviews, POCs, and technology evaluations
Document operational runbooks, diagrams, and support procedures
Define and implement Redis architecture patterns (standalone, cluster, sentinel)
Lead design decisions around caching, session stores, message queues, lock mechanisms
Drive data modeling and TTL strategy for efficient memory usage
Optimize Redis performance for read/write heavy workloads
Automate deployments and scaling behavior
Work with software teams to embed Redis into application stacks
Establish monitoring, alerting, and capacity thresholds
Troubleshoot latency, eviction policies, persistence concerns
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure / distributed systems
3+ years in GemFire / Apache Geode design and production operations
Strong Java, concurrency, threading, GC, networking fundamentals
Solid knowledge of clustering, partitioning, replication models
Experience with CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code
Familiar with microservices, REST APIs, event streaming
Exposure to monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimization skills
Proficient with Linux, networking, scripting for automation
Experience with Redis cluster mode and sentinel
Preferred
Kubernetes, Docker, container orchestration
Familiarity with Spark, Kafka, distributed caching patterns
Experience with other IMDGs (Hazelcast, Coherence)
Cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience in alternative in-memory solutions (Memcached, Hazelcast)
Knowledge of cloud managed Redis (AWS ElastiCache, Azure Cache)
Familiarity with event streaming (Kafka, Pulsar)
Kubernetes/containers and orchestration
Any one from AWS,GCP, Azure certifications
Company
Galaxy i technologies Inc
Galaxy i Technologies, Inc is a global consulting and IT services company that is known for its commitment to client satisfaction.
51-200 employees
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