26 Jul
Engineer - Kafka - Contract (W2 - no agencies, corp to corp or1099) - Bloomfield, CT or REMOTE
Connecticut, Bloomfield , 06152 Bloomfield USA

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Engineer - KafkaThe objective of this position is to work with the Enterprise Messaging engineering team, business and application partners, to implement software engineering best practices related to Enterprise Messaging across the US and Global. The individual must have superb analytical and technical skills coupled with the ability to drive project deliverables. The individual will be expected to participate in the collaborative concept definition, architectural refinement, software design and realization of products that support the strategic technology needs to support the organization.The Engineer will be working in a team that demands technical excellence and whose members are expected to hold each other accountable in the overall success of the output. Focus for this team is on the delivery of messaging solutions to meet business and application needs. Strong customer centric focus.Duties:

  • Responsible for Managing the Hardware and Software for Kafka and its ecosystem components
  • Work with vendors to understand their Roadmap on the production and implement any new solutions that are required for Kafka.
  • Work with Application teams to gather future requirements to plan the growth of the infrastructure and expand as needed.
  • Build the Kafka Solutions for both On-Premise and Cloud(AWS)
  • Build Self Service Solutions for Applications that uses Kafka and other middleware products like IBM MQ and IIB.
  • Implement Kafka in the Cloud and Support Applications that uses Kafka in the AWS and Azure
  • Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) for Kafka.
  • Build Automation Capabilities using tools like Terraform (AWS), Ansible, Git runner, Jenkins, Udeploy, etc.
  • Kafka security (Kerberos, ACL, SSL, SASL, SCRAM, etc.).
  • Research and implement the new capabilities for Enterprise Messaging Services
  • Establish Cost models for Kafka, so we can charge back Applications based on their usage of Kafka
  • Provide guidance and Support to Operations Team who manages the Middleware Messaging Products
  • Manage the Work intake of Portfolio Projects for Kafka
  • Work with Application Teams to review design and provide guidance on how they can use Kafka in their Solution.
  • Designing and developing use cases throughout the SDLC environments like Development, Integration Testing, PVS, Staging and Production
  • Monitor and Tune Kafka Environments for High-Availability, High-Performance, Scalability and Workload Management.
  • Automate installation, configuration, upgrades, etc. of Kafka for reliability and consistency across all Environments
  • Automate and introduce enhancements for Day to Day work, so the rest of team can perform Everyday activity with ease and consistency
Required Skills:
  • 8 + Years of experience in Information Technology, emphasis on Middleware and Enterprise Application Integration.
  • 4+ Years of Experience in Apache Kafka
  • Excellent knowledge of UNIX/LINUX OS administration.
  • Experience in AWS Services
  • Microsoft Azure, is a plus
  • Experience working in a technical setting
  • Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism
  • Working knowledge of scripting languages
  • Experience in SDLC, testing, deployments
  • Experience in streaming data, is desired
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Team player
Technologies:
  • Apache Kafka (Cloudera and Confluent)
  • Hands on with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Hands on with Microsoft Azure is a plus
  • Jenkins
  • Ansible and Ansible Tower
  • Udeploy
  • Terraform
  • Python
  • GitLab
  • GitHub
For more information please contact Tom Mazzulla ator Since 1995, iTech Solutions Inc., has been providing IT Consulting and Direct Hire Services to the Insurance, Financial, Communications, Manufacturing and Government sectors with local offices in Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Jersey / Pennsylvania area. Our recruiting strategy is simple, if you want to find qualified IT professionals then use IT professionals to find them. So at iTech Solutions, our personnel are all career IT professionals with a wide range of IT experience. We can honestly say our staff understands the technologies, the complexities of finding and selecting the appropriate personnel and the pressures of running successful IT projects. Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

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