Senior Middleware Engineer

Middleware Service team is looking for a senior messaging system engineer to help build out, maintain, and troubleshoot the banks rapidly expanding Confluent Kafka messaging infrastructure. Contractor will work under a team leader and assist with Coding, testing, and debugging application programs from functional specifications.

Contractors Role: You will be part of a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency, delivering mission critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security.

Qualifications

• • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject • Confluent Kafka administration experience • Knowledge of scripting (Python, Java, etc.) • Knowledge/experience with GIT and CI/CD • Familiarity with REST APIs • Familiarity with Java

• Nice to Haves: • Familiarity/experience with Automation tools (Ansible, Azure DevOps, etc.) • General unix support skills (services, bash, scripting, etc.) • Experience with other middleware or streaming platforms • Experience with Docker, PCF, or other container platforms • Must be a self-starter

Tasks & Responsibilities: • Manage all environments (Development, Testing and Production) of Confluent Kafka cluster • Install, configure and provide support for functional and performance testing of new features of modern messaging system. • Work with application developers in POCs to design solutions with novel and advanced product features • Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability by monitoring and testing application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes • Design and maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies • Design of expansion of current cluster and integration of existing cluster with cloud • Architect the roadmap for messaging systems in the bank • Provide 3rd level support and act as an assistant to the technical leader of offshore support team • Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution