Senior Kafka Platform Engineer - VP | London, UK

Citi; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Kafka Platform Engineer to join their dynamic team in London. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of developing and maintaining a cutting-edge Kafka platform, ensuring seamless integration and support for various teams. Your expertise will guide the architectural configuration and troubleshooting processes, making a significant impact on the engineering function. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where your contributions will drive innovation and operational excellence. If you thrive under pressure and are passionate about technology, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Services or large global environments.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technology subject matter expert for stakeholders.
• Define system enhancements for new products and processes.
• Advise and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Kafka Ecosystem

Kubernetes

Java

Python

Ansible

Analytic skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Senior Kafka Platform Engineer - VP

Citi London, United Kingdom Apply now Posted 16 hours ago Permanent Competitive

Senior Kafka Platform Engineer - VP

Citi London, United Kingdom Apply now

Integration Services within Common Platform Engineering is responsible for developing and maintaining technology services used by development teams across Services, Markets, Banking and Functions Technology within Citi. These reusable services allow development team to acceleration of their deliveries as they focus on their business deliverable whilst the ancillary services that they need are provided for them.

This role is a Senior Platform Engineer working on the Kafka as a Service project. Maintaining and building a Kafka platform the successful candidate will participate in all aspects of the provision of the platform. This will include configuring new environments, building out and managing the onboarding and configuration workflows. They will also be supporting our partner teams as they onboard and use the platform, this will include helping them advising them on how to correctly architect and configure their Kafka usage and to troubleshoot problems.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all firm mandated controls and compliance initiatives
• Ensure that all integration of functions meet business goals
• Define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process enhancements
• Recommend product customization for system integration
• Identify problem causality, business impact and root causes
• Exhibit knowledge of how our own specialty area contributes to the business and apply knowledge of competitors, products and services
• Advise and mentor junior team members
• Impact the engineering function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
• Experience of the following technologies:
  • Kakfa Ecosystem (Confluent distribution preferred)
  • Kubernetes and Openshift
  • Java
  • Python
  • Ansible
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practices
• Demonstrated analytic/diagnostic skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
• Proven track record of operational process change and improvement

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred

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