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:

1. Define strategy and roadmap of the NextGen "Stream Data Platform" based on Confluent Kafka
2. Establish best practices for implementing our SDP based on identified use cases and required integration patterns
3. 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
4. Assist in building out the DevOps strategy for hosting and managing our SDP microservice and connector infrastructure in the Azure cloud
5. Explore real-time, predictive analytics and machine learning on operational and business data captured on the SDP to enable new business opportunities
6. Mentor existing team members by imparting expert knowledge to build a high-performing team in our NextGen technology

Required Qualifications:

1. Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a Technical discipline and a minimum of 13+ years of related experience
2. 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
3. Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and operations
4. Deep understanding of different messaging paradigms (pub/sub, queuing), as well as delivery models, quality-of-service, and fault-tolerance architectures
5. Knowledge of messaging protocols and associated APIs
6. Applied experience with microservice architecture and the reactive model
7. Strong background in integration patterns
8. Is informed on developments occurring across the industry in this space
9. Domain experience in Supply Chain