Kafka Platform Administrator and Operator

Desjardins Group; Lévis; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Lévis is seeking a Kafka platform administrator to enhance IT efficiency and manage high-criticality platforms. This role involves designing, configuring, and maintaining computer networks while using DevOps practices within a Scaled Agile Framework. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of four years' experience, with proficiency in multiple data formats and cloud services. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

Flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of relevant experience in a similar role.
• Experience with multiple data exchange formats like JSON and AVRO.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals including DNS, TCP/IP, and routing.

Responsibilities

• Design and administer Kafka platforms to improve IT efficiency.
• Develop automation tools and scripts for system verification and monitoring.
• Analyze complex issues and recommend optimizations for systems.

Skills

Kafka

Agile/SAFe

Linux administration

Java

Python

DevOps

Cloud services (Azure/AWS)

CI/CD (GitHub, Jenkins2)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Splunk

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

As a Kafka platform administrator and operator, you help improve IT efficiency. You design, configure, administer, maintain and upgrade computer networks, management systems and database servers based on the organization’s needs. You work in an IT administrative department (IT foundations or cloud services) that delivers projects in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) using DevOps practices and that is responsible for the company’s high-criticality platforms. You help administer and update a platform used for event streaming. You analyze and diagnose complex issues. You provide opinions in accordance with your discipline’s rules and recommend solutions to improve and optimize standards, policies and programs. You propose implementation plans. Your projects and initiatives require extensive knowledge of your line of work. More specifically, you will be required to:

• Help develop the Confluent Cloud ecosystem (network, security, connectors and transformation with Kafka, alerts) that will support the platform and its users.
• Develop tools and scripts used to automate system verification and monitoring tasks, and conduct post-implementation follow-up to ensure system availability.
• Monitor the quality of IT services to identify situations that could jeopardize environment stability and formulate recommendations for preventive measures.
• Help improve business continuity by developing, implementing and supporting backup systems.

What we offer*

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of four years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Experience with multiple data exchange formats (JSON, AVRO)
• Experience with Agile/SAFe methodology and tools
• Experience with continuous delivery, deployment and monitoring
• Experience in observability: Using Splunk or equivalent, Elastic, creating relevant alerts
• Knowledge of French is required
• General knowledge of a cloud provider environment (Azure and/or AWS) and identity and security methods (IAM, RBAC, OAuth)
• Knowledge of networking (DNS, TCP/IP, routing, security, HAProxy, Envoy, Nginx)
• Familiarity with Linux: Linux administration (RedHat/CentOS, Ubuntu), advanced shell scripting, diagnostic tools (tcpdump, dig, netstat/ss, strace, etc.)
• Knowledge of application container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS)
• Knowledge of DevOps (or DevSecOps)
• Knowledge of CI/CD mode (GitHub, Jenkins2, Azure DevOps, Terraform)
• Knowledge of concepts related to message queues (Kafka, Flink, KSQlDB, Kafka connectors)
• Proficiency in one of the following programming languages: Java, Python, GO, Shellscript

Trade Union (If applicable)

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