Infrastructure Architect

1 week ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Request Technology, LLC Full time

Principal, Infrastructure (Network, Storage, Database) Architect - Kafka Platform

This role focuses on the redesign and development of Kafka platforms and Flink, emphasizing infrastructure capabilities.

The ideal candidate must possess strong expertise in Kafka and Flink, along with a solid understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and DevOps practices.

COMPENSATION: $200k - $215K with a 30% bonus opportunity.

WORK ARRANGEMENT: Hybrid model with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

You will be responsible for shaping the architectural vision of core real-time data streaming through the infrastructure platform, utilizing Kafka, Flink, and hybrid cloud solutions (AWS or Azure) along with on-premises setups. This includes managing networking infrastructures as code, platform services, storage, databases, network security, IAM, and microservices. A minimum of 10 years of experience with Java applications, Kafka, Flink, and Kubernetes is required.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, create, and review software application architectures specifically tailored for streaming use cases.
  • Ensure fault tolerance, scalability, and low-latency processing in streaming applications.
  • Work with DevOps teams to define deployment strategies and manage scalability.
  • Optimize streaming application performance by fine-tuning configurations, monitoring resource utilization, and identifying bottlenecks.
  • Implement best practices for efficient data serialization, compression, and network communication.
  • Create and maintain architecture documentation, including system diagrams, data flow, and component interactions.
  • Maintain vendor relationships and participate in escalation sessions and postmortems.
  • Evaluate and recommend tools and frameworks that enhance the performance and reliability of our streaming systems.
  • Stay informed about industry trends related to Kafka, Flink, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications:

  • Ability to execute spikes and provide code samples demonstrating best practices when developing solutions on Kafka and Flink.
  • Experience with DevOps tools, e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.

Technical Skills:

  • Expert-level knowledge of Kafka.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Flink.
  • In-depth knowledge of on-premises networking and hybrid connectivity to AWS and/or Azure.
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), compute, storage, database, network, content distribution, security/IAM, microservices, management, and serverless services.
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager.
  • Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
  • 10+ years of experience architecting mission-critical Cloud and On-Prem real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.
  • 10+ years of experience with Java.
  • 5+ years of specific Kafka and Flink experience.


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