Infrastructure Engineering Advisor- Hybrid

Middle East Development Co. Ltd; Walnut Creek (CA); Hybrid; USD 109,970 - 176,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

PTO 18 days

Paid holidays

Life insurance

Well-being programs

Job summary

The Cigna Group in Walnut Creek, CA is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Advisor to design and develop Kafka-based data pipelines for real-time processing. This role emphasizes building scalable, secure messaging infrastructure and collaborating with application teams.

You will configure, deploy, monitor, and optimize Kafka clusters, while implementing automation to reduce manual work and ensure high availability in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field with 3 years Kafka administration experience.
• Experience designing/building Kafka clusters with HA and DR.
• SSL/SASL/LDAP security and Kafka ACLs in Zookeeper.
• Kafka Connect and Schema Registry experience.
• Experience in On-Prem and AWS cloud environments.
• 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, reliability, and security.
• Use automation to reduce manual operations and workload.
• Diagnose and resolve errors quickly without impacting customers.
• Adhere to a hybrid work schedule.

Skills

Kafka administration

Security hardening

Automation scripting

Cloud integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Zookeeper

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

SSL/TLS

SASL/LDAP

AWS

Azure

Ansible

Terraform

Shell scripting

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

Remote work: 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.

Benefits

We anticipate offering an annual salary of $105,800 - $176,300 USD per year, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan. Starting on day one you’ll have 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.

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.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email [e-mail] for assistance. This email inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests only and cannot provide application updates or accept resumes.

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.