Infrastructure Engineering Advisor- Hybrid

Cigna Healthcare; Walnut Creek (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

The Cigna Group in Walnut Creek, CA seeks an Infrastructure Engineering Advisor to design and develop Kafka-based data pipelines and messaging solutions that support real-time and near real-time data processing across the organization.

You will configure, deploy, and monitor Kafka clusters; collaborate with application partners to define integration patterns; optimize configurations for reliability and security; and use automation to reduce manual effort, all within a hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 3 years of Kafka systems administration experience.
• Experience building Kafka clusters with HA and DR capabilities.
• SSL, SASL/LDAP authentication and Kafka ACLs in Zookeeper.
• Kafka Connect cluster deployment and connectors.
• Schema registry and data schemas management.
• Upgrade, monitoring, performance tuning and feature adds on Kafka clusters.
• On-Premises and AWS cloud experience for Kafka.
• Automation using shell scripting, Ansible and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and monitor Kafka clusters.
• Collaborate with application partners to define integration patterns.
• Optimize configurations for efficiency and reliability and ensure security measures are implemented.
• Use automation to perform day to day operations to reduce man hours and operational burden.
• Diagnose and resolve errors in a timely manner not impacting customers.
• Hybrid work schedule.

Skills

Kafka

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Okta

Security

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

EC2 / AWS

Job description

eviCore Healthcare MSI, LLC seeks an Infrastructure Engineering Advisor for the Walnut Creek, CA location to design and develop Kafka-based data pipelines and messaging solutions to support real-time and near real-time data processing layer in the organization.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and monitor Kafka clusters.
• Collaborate with application partners to define solutions for applications and create integration patterns.
• Optimize configurations for efficiency and reliability and ensure security measures are implemented to secure infrastructure.
• Use automation to perform day to day operations to reduce man hours and operational burden.
• Diagnose and resolve errors in a timely manner not impacting customers.
• Hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 3 years of experience in any Kafka systems administration role.
• Must have experience with: performing Kafka cluster build, including design, infrastructure planning, High Availability and Disaster Recovery;
• Implementing wire encryption using SSL, authentication using SASL/LDAP and authorization using Kafka ACLs in Zookeeper;
• Creating Kafka connect cluster and connector deployment;
• Schemas and schema registry;
• Maintaining current Kafka clusters by performing upgrade, performance tuning, monitoring setup, and adding new features;
• Researching new features and conducting proof of concept installation and testing;
• Supporting Kafka in On-Premises and Cloud AWS;
• Kafka implementations and issue triage, including gathering requirements, understanding design, and assisting with build path to production, and performance and resiliency testing; remediating product vulnerabilities;
• Implementing best practices and working with product owners to implement roadmaps;
• Provisioning resources in AWS or Azure;
• Creating ec2 instances, EBS volumes, and security groups;
• Networking, load balancing, and okta integration;
• Automation using shell scripting, ansible, and terraform.

Salary Range: $109,970-$176,300

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 105,800 - 176,300 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.