Senior Kafka Engineer (offline)

Project Description:

We build the platform, which supports various information gathering and processing across the bank and providing access to this data through a public cloud approach.
The solution will be built from scratch using the latest technologies. There is a potential to develop machine learning and data mining solutions as add-ons to the platform.

Responsibilities:

* Maintaining a series of Kafka clusters on both physical boxes and containers, ensuring that we monitor and meet all SLAs around performance, resiliency, and scalability
* Automating deployment processes and routine support tasks
* Providing alerting, technical documentation and operational support to allow us to identify and resolve incidents with the health of the cluster as quickly as possible
* Developing load and performance test plans and scripts in coordination with development teams
* Building a close relationship with clients and stakeholders to understand the use case for the platform, and prioritize work accordingly
* Working well in a multidisciplinary DevOps-focused team, building a close relationship with developers, and L1 Support teams

Mandatory Skills:

* You have experience working with an Apache Kafka instance running in production
* You have experience creating, deploying and supporting Docker images
* You have experience deploying and managing fault-tolerant, distributed systems on Linux/Unix, and have strong Bash/Shell experience
* You have experience setting up and deriving insights monitoring tools
* You are fluent in at least one programming/scripting language, preferably Python
* You have high development standards, especially for code quality, code reviews, unit testing, continuous integration and deployment
* You have proven capability to interact with clients and deliver results, taking ideas to production
* You have experience working in fast-paced development environments
* You agree that verbal and written communication skills are vital

Nice-to-Have Skills:

Languages:English - fluent

About IT SmartFlex

IT SmartFlex is a company that is part of Vodafone Ukraine Group.
The main business activities are focused on researches and development of software products and solutions in the field of telecommunications for daily usage by millions of users.
The formula for our Company's success is predicated on its employees, so we are pleased to welcome open-minded, ambitious and talented people to our innovative team.
If you have highest regard for teamwork, commitments and desire to create the best products for our customers, we are waiting for you!

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/it-smartflex/