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Location: Remote working CST hours
Duration: 12 month contract w/extension/permanent conversion
Team Size: 3
Interview Process 1 round
Project Overview: Northern Trust Enterprise 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
Required Skills : -Confluent Kafka administration experience -General unix support skills (services, bash, scripting, etc.) -Scripting knowledge in ansible is nice to have
Basic Qualification : Additional Skills : - 1 round of interviews -100% remote working CST hours
Background Check :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :- 1 round of interviews -100% remote working CST hours
Project Verification Info :
Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :No
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
Interview times set : :No
Type of project :Other Project Type
Master Job Title :VMS Access Entry
Branch Code :Chicago
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