Role: Software Engineer - Kaffka Specialist
Location: London
Daily rate: £750 - £1,000 pd paid inside IR35 via umbrella
Our client, a leading global FinTech is looking to hire someone with stong Kafka Operations and Admin experience to join on a six-month contract.
Spec below:
Strong knowledge required of :
- Linux Admin and Management
- Kafka Admin and Management
- Data replication
- Kerberos
- SSL / TLS
- Active Directory
- Shell scripting
- Github
- AWS skills
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- Packer
- Terraform
Preferred Skills:
- Kubernetes
- docker
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- PCI compliance knowledge
(Cloud)
- AWS Cloud experience
- EKS
- Jenkins
- Git
- DevOps
- Terraform
- Packer
- Development background
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm Charts
- ArgoCD
- GitOps
- Networking concepts & troubleshooting experience
Experience
In-Depth Experience with AWS Cloud Platform Core Components - EC2, EBS , S3, IAM, KMS, Cloudwatch, SQS, SNS, AWS Secret Manager
Experience with Terraform and Ansible
3+ years of experience with Apache Kafka and confluent platform
In-Depth knowledge of Kafka Architecture.
Hands on Experience with Unix Shell scripting, Python, Docker, Jenkins, Kerberos, SSL/TLS. Active Directory
Experience with Packer, Harness, Grafana Prometheus, PCI compliance knowledge is a plus.
Experience with Redhat Linux is a plus
Experience with resolving Vulnerabilities and securing AWS infrastructure is a plus
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain scalable, reliable, and high-performance Kafka cluster in both cloud and on-premise environment.
Develop and maintain Kafka connectors to integration with various data sources and sinks.
Optimize Kafka configurations to ensure maximum performance and reliability.
Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka-related issues, including cluster performance, data loss, and data consistency problems.
Work with Devops teams to implement and manage Kafka deployment using Harness or other similar deployment tools