Job Details

Role Summary:

* The Sr. Kafka Messaging Senior Developer will drive the design, implementation, and adoptions of real-time stream data platform that will be a key enabler for our cloud-based business-application architecture.

Responsibilities:

* Define strategy and roadmap of the NextGen "Stream Data Platform " based on Confluent Kafka
* Establish best practices for implementing our SDP based on identified use cases and required integration patterns
* Accelerate our adoption of the Kafka ecosystem by creating a framework for leveraging technologies such as Kafka Connect, KStreams / KSQL, Schema Registry, Apache Flink and other streaming-oriented technology
* Assist in building out the DevOps strategy for hosting and managing our SDP microservice and connector infrastructure in the Azure cloud
* Explore real-time, predictive analytics and machine learning on operational and business data captured on the SDP to enable new business opportunities
* Mentor existing team members by imparting expert knowledge to build a high-performing team in our NextGen technology

Required Qualifications:

* Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a Technical discipline and a minimum of 13+ years of related experience,
* Seasoned messaging expert with extensive, well-rounded background in a diverse set of messaging middleware solutions (commercial, open source, in-house) with in-depth understanding of architectures of such solutions
* Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and operations
* Deep understanding of different messaging paradigms (pub/sub, queuing), as well as delivery models, quality-of-service, and fault-tolerance architectures
* Knowledge of messaging protocols and associated APIs
* Applied experience with microservice architecture and the reactive model
* Strong background in integration patterns
* Is informed on developments occurring across the industry in this space
* Domain experience in Supply Chain