Software Developer - Kafka | Kubernete

Job Purpose

Seasoned Senior Messaging and Streaming Engineer to design, implement and maintain technologies, systems and tools to advance out next generation Messaging and Streaming Platforms based on Redhat AMQ 7, Kafka/RedPanda

General Duties

Contribute in design, understanding the architectural tradeoffs including Scalability, Resiliency, High Availability, Storage and Security Perform capacity planning and solution review related to the Messaging and Streaming environment.
Adopt and promote modern automated Self Service paradigms
Perform proof-of-concept work for new tools and components
Turn proof-of-concept work into Production grade systems
Provide end-user support to Dev teams and implement change requests
Prioritize across various tasks, manage changes in daily workload
Concisely document instructions, user guides and policies in Confluence or in source control
Guide fellow engineers on stack standards and efficient utilization

Knowledge And Experience

Proven history of implementation, configuration, and support of a modern Messaging platform and their ecosystems (RH AMQ, ActiveMQ Artemis, IBM MQ, Solace)
Proven history of implementation, configuration, and support of a modern Streaming platform and their ecosystems (Apache Kafka, RedPanda, Apache Pulsar)
Ability to use programming languages (e.g. Python, PowerShell) to create production-grade APIs and integrations
Working knowledge of Linux environment
Experience with GIT, CI and CD
Willingness to learn and adopt to innovative technologies
Effective communication and interpersonal skills. Forward thinking, self-starter, able to work independently
University / College bachelor level (or equivalent) degree

Required Qualifications And Skills

Kubernetes and Helm Knowledge
Ansible / Configuration as a Code
Willingness to learn and adopt to innovative technologies
University / College bachelor level (or equivalent) degree

Beneficial Skills

Configuration Management / Deployment tools such as Ansible, Octopus
Experience with Cloud Providers (preferably Azure)
GitOps, CI / CD mindset
Networking knowledge

Desired Skills and Experience
Kafka, Kubernetes, Linux