Confluent Kafka Developer

Skills

Primary responsibilities are focused on the Analysis Design Development and Testing of leading edge solutions utilizing Confluent Kafka Ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation Perform all work to agreed time cost and quality constraints Ensure that developed solutions are peer reviewed and formally documented Expertise with enterprise technologies including applications storage platforms database network switching and security infrastructure within a virtualized data center Ability to use a broad portfolio of open-source technologies and cloud services Experience with automation/configuration management Extensive knowledge of Confluent Kafka components including troubleshooting In-depth understanding of Confluent Kafka performance testing (by Confluent Kafka component) and best practices; with the ability to properly tune complex and high-traffic applications/systems Maintain and enhance Confluent Kafka architecture Confluent Kafka design principles CI/CD Deployment procedures Model system behaviors using best practice methods for communicating architecture and design Ensure unit system integration stress and user acceptance testing are in alignment with architecture Build comprehensive DevOps into the delivery architecture including but not limited to: automated testing continuous integration branching and merging code streams build generation and deployments Recommend tools and utilities for the design development testing and management of web-based applications Perform code reviews to ensure that code is compliant with design and coding standards

Description

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field required or equivalent professional experience
5+ years overall experience with developing technical business solutions,
3+ years experience with end-to-end design and development of services for Confluent Kafka preferably in Java (Confluent Kafka preferred but Kafka acceptable)
Proficient understanding of Confluent Kafka Architecture (Confluent Kafka preferred but Kafka acceptable)
Experience Confluent Kafka development (v6 is preferred but v5 is acceptable), Confluent Kaka administration (Confluent Kafka preferred but Kafka acceptable)
Strong understanding and experience with security implementations (e.g. SSL/mutual SSL, Kerberos)
Familiar with 3rd Party Confluent Kafka Connectors (Confluent Kafka preferred but Kafka acceptable)
Experience with building streaming applications with Confluent Kafka (Confluent Kafka preferred but Kafka acceptable)
Development experience using Confluent Kafka producers, consumers, and streams (Confluent Kafka preferred but Kafka acceptable)