Cloud Infrastructure Engineer: Go, Kafka & Kubernetes

IBM; Hursley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software’s Confluent Cloud Platform team is seeking an Infrastructure Software Engineer to design, implement, and operate Go-based infrastructure services (Kubernetes operators) enabling a cloud-native streaming platform built on Apache Kafka.

You will work with Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus and Linux in a cloud networking context, collaborate with fellow Confluent engineers to deliver our PaaS, and own availability, performance, monitoring and capacity planning for the Confluent Cloud.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure/cloud networking.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
• Experience building and operating large-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc).
• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, C++, or other statically typed languages.
• Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain Golang infrastructure services (typically implemented as Kubernetes operators) to deliver the Confluent cloud foundations to the wider engineering organization
• Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus and a strong command of Linux, public cloud and networking should come as standard - though Golang software engineering will be your primary focus
• As a Confluent Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer, you will be working alongside the rest of the Confluent engineers to build our PaaS product
• You, and the rest of the team, will be responsible for the availability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning of the Confluent cloud
• If you love the hum of big data systems covering 10,000's of instances, thinking about how to make them run as smoothly and securely as possible, and want to have a big influence on the architecture plus operational design points of this new product, then you will fit right in

Job description

IBM Software’s Confluent Cloud Platform team is seeking an Infrastructure Software Engineer to design, implement, and operate Go-based infrastructure services (Kubernetes operators) enabling a cloud-native streaming platform built on Apache Kafka.

You will work with Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus and Linux in a cloud networking context, collaborate with fellow Confluent engineers to deliver our PaaS, and own availability, performance, monitoring and capacity planning for the Confluent Cloud.