Kafka Developer

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc. is seeking a skilled partner with Markets technology management and operations to gather requirements, define system architecture, and ensure the Application Scheduler platform integrates with existing Markets application infrastructure and enterprise tooling.

You will resolve high-impact operational and technical challenges, contribute full-stack expertise (server-side agents, REST APIs, and a modern UI), enforce RBAC with LDAP/AD, and build an API-first

Responsibilities

• Resolve high-impact operational and technical challenges through in-depth evaluation of application lifecycle management, process scheduling, and real-time monitoring requirements across a complex, distributed server environment
• Provide technical expertise and advanced knowledge in full-stack application development, ensuring the platform design — including server-side agents, REST APIs, and the management UI — adheres to the overall Markets technology architecture blueprint
• Utilize advanced knowledge of distributed systems and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and deployment of the scheduler platform, including the monitoring agent network and scheduling engine
• Design and implement core platform capabilities including application start/stop/restart lifecycle control, cron-based scheduling with on-the-fly modification, remote log streaming, configuration and command-line argument management, and package version control
• Develop and enforce role-based access control (RBAC) with enterprise LDAP/Active Directory authentication, ensuring clear separation between read-only operator and administrator access levels with a full audit trail
• Build an API-first platform where every UI capability is exposed via authenticated REST endpoints, enabling scripted automation, CLI tooling, and configuration-as-code workflows for Markets engineering teams
• Implement proactive alerting and real-time observability features, including crash detection, startup failure notifications, multi-channel alert dispatch (email, ServiceNow), and live log tail via WebSocket — eliminating the need for direct server access
• Serve as advisor and technical lead to mid-level developers and analysts on the project team, allocating wo

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer, andembraces diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, physicalability, neurodiversity, and sexual orientation, to create a workforce thatreflects the societies we operate in. Our continued commitment to Culture andDiversity is reflected in our people stories across our workforce and implementedthrough equitable workplace policies and processes.

Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is thetechnology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide.Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards ofinnovation, engineering excellence and customer service.

It has set an aspiration to become the world's largestAI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transformthemselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.

Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused oncreating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and thecommunity at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 56 countriesand 194 service delivery centers across the world, the company has beenrecognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidlyapply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnershipswith its clients. Many of these relationships have endured into decades andnavigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificialintelligence today.

Role Description:

Partner with Markets technology management and operations teams to gatherrequirements, define system architecture, and ensure the Application Schedulerplatform integrates seamlessly with existing Markets application infrastructureand enterprise tooling

• Resolve high-impact operational and technical challenges throughin-depth evaluation of application lifecycle management, process scheduling,and real-time monitoring requirements across a complex, distributed serverenvironment
• Provide technical expertise and advanced knowledge in full-stackapplication development, ensuring the platform design — including server-sideagents, REST APIs, and the management UI — adheres to the overall Marketstechnology architecture blueprint
• Utilize advanced knowledge of distributed systems and developstandards for coding, testing, debugging, and deployment of the schedulerplatform, including the monitoring agent network and scheduling engine
• Design and implement core platform capabilities including applicationstart/stop/restart lifecycle control, cron-based scheduling with on-the-flymodification, remote log streaming, configuration and command-line argumentmanagement, and package version control
• Develop and enforce role-based access control (RBAC) with enterpriseLDAP/Active Directory authentication, ensuring clear separation betweenread-only operator and administrator access levels with a full audit trail
• Build an API-first platform where every UI capability is exposed viaauthenticated REST endpoints, enabling scripted automation, CLI tooling, andconfiguration-as-code workflows for Markets engineering teams
• Implement proactive alerting and real-time observability features,including crash detection, startup failure notifications, multi-channel alertdispatch (email, ServiceNow), and live log tail via WebSocket — eliminating theneed for direct server access
• Serve as advisor and technical lead to mid-level developers andanalysts on the project team, allocating wo

Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc.is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals inaccordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodationduring the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources.

Thank you for your interest inTCS. Candidates that meet the qualifications for this position will becontacted within a 2-week period. We invite you to continue to apply for otheropportunities that match your profile.