Lead, Infra Middleware Specialist

4 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Northern Trust Full time
About Northern Trust: As a globally recognized financial institution, Northern Trust is committed to providing innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions. With over 130 years of financial experience and a team of over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role: Lead, Infra Middleware
Northern Trust Enterprise Middleware Service team is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Lead Confluent Kafka Administrator to join our team on a full-time basis. The ideal candidate will lead the Kafka infrastructure, designing, implementing, and administering Kafka clusters to ensure performance, scalability, and security. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet organizational objectives and ensuring the performance, scalability, and security of Kafka environments.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and deploy Kafka clusters to ensure scalability and high availability.
  • Manage Kafka configurations and enforce best practices for optimal performance.
  • Establish monitoring solutions to track Kafka cluster health and optimize resource usage.
  • Implement and manage security measures, including authentication and authorization.
  • Develop and maintain backup and recovery procedures for Kafka data.
  • Perform capacity planning to anticipate and address future resource requirements.
  • Lead the response to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate with relevant teams.
  • Implement automation scripts for routine tasks to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation for Kafka configurations, procedures, and best practices.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, providing updates and aligning Kafka administration with organizational goals.
  • Train and mentor team members on Kafka administration tasks.
  • Plan and execute Kafka version upgrades and patch management with zero disruption.
  • Automate platform to highest level as no-touch to servers.
  • Implement end-to-end monitoring solutions for Kafka cluster using any vended or open-source components.
  • Research and develop new features to the existing infrastructure as per industry standards.
Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of extensive experience as a Kafka Administrator, with a strong focus on Confluent Platform.
  • Proven experience as a Kafka Engineer with a focus on leading Kafka initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of Kafka ecosystem, Kafka architecture, configuration, and best practices.
  • Experience in designing and implementing Kafka clusters in both on-premise and Confluent Cloud.
  • Proven experience leading complex Kafka implementations, including capacity planning and management.
  • Strong knowledge of security protocols, access control, and data encryption within Kafka.
  • Proficiency in monitoring tools and performance tuning of Kafka clusters.
  • Scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python) for automation of administrative tasks.
  • Automating the Kafka platform to allow application teams to leverage their artifacts using CI/CD or Self-service capabilities.
  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions effectively.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Skills sets:
  • Extensive experience with Confluent Kafka admin and development.
  • Expert knowledge of scripting (Python, Java, etc.).
  • Knowledge/experience with GIT and CI/CD.
  • Familiarity with REST APIs.
  • Experience with Confluent Cloud.
  • Experience with other middleware or streaming platforms.
  • Experience with Docker, PCF, or other container platforms.

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