Lead Software Engineer - Kafka
Salary: Open + Bonus
Location: Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX
Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree 10+ years of experience in infrastructure Middleware administration and engineering In-depth expertise in Kafka administration, including cluster management, performance tuning, and security. Strong proficiency in IaC tools, specifically Ansible, Terraform and bash Scripting. Extensive experience with cloud automation and provisioning on AWS and Azure. Proficiency in CI/CD tools, including GitHub, Artifactory, Harness and Jenkins. Strong Scripting skills in languages like Python and Bash.
Responsibilities
Design, implement and manage highly available and scalable Kafka clusters. Monitor Kafka performance, troubleshoot issues and optimize configurations. Develop and maintain IaC using Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration Management. Create and maintain reusable IaC modules. Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure solutions on AWS and Azure. Automate cloud resource provisioning, scaling and management using cloud-native tools and services. Deploy and Manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and Rancher Troubleshoot container-related issues and optimize container performance. Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub, Artifactory, Harness and Jenkins.
