MUST HAVE: EXPERT-LEVEL JAVA 8+ AND OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN PRINCIPLES SPRING BOOT, SPRING CLOUD, AND MICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURE REST APIS, API MANAGEMENT, AND SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE ADVANCED DATABASE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION KAFKA, MESSAGING PLATFORMS, AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (AZURE OR AWS) CI/CD, DEVOPS, AND AUTOMATED TESTIN...