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Kafka Specialist (Contract)

Location: London Country: UK Rate: £750.00 - £1k per day
 

Role: Software Engineer - Kaffka Specialist

Location: London

Daily rate: £750 - £1,000 pd paid inside IR35 via umbrella

Our client, a leading global FinTech is looking to hire someone with strong Kafka Operations and Admin experience to join on a six-month contract.

Spec below:

Strong knowledge required of:
. Linux Admin and Management
. Kafka Admin and Management
. Data replication
. Kerberos
. SSL/TLS
. Active Directory
. Shell Scripting
. Github
. AWS skills
. Jenkins
. Ansible
. Packer
. Terraform

Preferred Skills:
. Kubernetes
. docker
. Grafana
. Prometheus
. PCI compliance knowledge
(Cloud)
. AWS Cloud experience
. EKS
. Jenkins
. Git
. DevOps
. Terraform
. Packer
. Development background
. Docker
. Kubernetes
. Helm Charts
. ArgoCD
. GitOps
. Networking concepts & troubleshooting experience

Experience
In-Depth Experience with AWS Cloud Platform Core Components - EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, KMS, Cloudwatch, SQS, SNS, AWS Secret Manager
Experience with Terraform and Ansible
3+ years of experience with Apache Kafka and confluent platform
In-Depth knowledge of Kafka Architecture.
Hands on Experience with Unix Shell Scripting, Python, Docker, Jenkins, Kerberos, SSL/TLS. Active Directory
Experience with Packer, Harness, Grafana Prometheus, PCI compliance knowledge is a plus.
Experience with Redhat Linux is a plus
Experience with resolving Vulnerabilities and securing AWS infrastructure is a plus

Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain scalable, reliable, and high-performance Kafka cluster in both cloud and on-premise environment.
Develop and maintain Kafka connectors to integration with various data sources and sinks.
Optimize Kafka configurations to ensure maximum performance and reliability.
Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka-related issues, including cluster performance, data loss, and data consistency problems.
Work with Devops teams to implement and manage Kafka deployment using Harness or other similar deployment tools


Posted Date: 16 May 2024 Reference: JS-JN -052024-376201 Employment Business: LHH Recruitment Solutions Contact: Duncan Wellings