Infrastructure Engineer

Kelly; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 110,208 - 165,312; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company is seeking a Kafka Administrator for a contract position in Mississauga, Canada. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of relevant experience and expertise in the Confluent Platform, including Kafka administration. Responsibilities include collaborating with technology teams, system enhancement, and managing risks. This mid-senior level role requires strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a relevant field.
• Expert in installing and maintaining Confluent Platform components.
• Experience managing large-scale multi-node Kafka cluster environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multiple technology teams for integration.
• Identify system enhancements and propose solutions.
• Work closely with Product Owners and Analysts to document system impacts.

Skills

Kafka administration

Confluent Platform expertise

Problem solving

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk management

Mentorship

Strategic influence

Tools

Apache Kafka

Confluent Control Center

Confluent Schema Registry

Job description

Job Title: Kafka Administrator

Duration: 07+ months contract

Job Type: Contract and T4 (No visa sponsorship)

Responsibilities

• Partnership & Integration: Collaborate with multiple technology teams and management to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet organizational goals.
• System Enhancement & Problem Solving: Identify and define necessary system enhancements, analyze existing system logic, pinpoint problems, and recommend/implement solutions.
• Expertise & Analysis: Provide expert-level understanding of application support principles. Formulate and define systems scope and objectives for complex, high-impact application enhancements and problem resolution through in-depth analysis and evaluation of complex business processes, systems, and industry standards, document requirements.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Systems Analysts to determine and document system impacts and support requirements.
• Technology Implications: Consider the implications of applying technology to the current environment.
• Risk Management: Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and security issues; communicate impact; and propose risk mitigation options.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Act as an advisor or coach to new or lower-level analysts; allocate work.
• Strategic Influence: Directly impact the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel, or provided services.
• Communication & Diplomacy: Persuade and influence others through strong, comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills.
• Compliance & Ethics: Appropriately assess risk in business decisions, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients, and assets. This includes driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment, and escalating, managing, and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Other Duties: Perform other duties and functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 6+ years of experience in a relevant field.
• Confluent Platform Expertise: Expert in installing and maintaining Confluent Platform components including Apache Kafka, Confluent Control Center, Confluent Schema Registry, connectors, Confluent Replicator, and Confluent Security Plugins.
• Confluent Kafka Administration: Strong administration experience for Confluent Kafka.
• Platform Lifecycle Management: Experience performing Confluent Platform installation, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Large-Scale Cluster Management: Experience in managing large-scale multi-node Kafka cluster environments.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Banking