Systems Engineer – Kafka Data Management

JOB SCOPE

The Systems Engineer is responsible for assisting in maintaining, upgrading, troubleshooting, and upgrading the Confluent Kafka environment.. In addition, there will be a limited level of admin support for other team-owned applications, such as Hadoop and Kafka. Splunk would still be the primary area of focus for this role.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide end to end network management and support for the enterprise Splunk deployment
• Development and document standards, process and procedures for forethinking operational efficiencies on the Kafka platform
• Provide cutting edge solutions for internal customer applications
• Working closely with other teams and collaborating with other team members
• Planning and implementing future developments on all OSS platform deployed applications
• Work in a team environment and collaborative role with other members of the OSS platform team as well as selected vendors to provide state of the art long term, technical solutions
• Collaborate on design and implementation for internal application customers with team members

BASIC/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or related field or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of one (1) years of experience working with the Kafka platform

ADDITIONAL JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with the following technologies: Splunk, Unix/Linux [RedHat/CentOS], scripting language, (such as Python or PERL), SQL (enough working knowledge to support Splunk DBConnect), IP networking protocols, Github, bitbucket.
• Solid understanding of network elements
• Experience with a large clustered Splunk environment:
• Building apps
• Proper sourcetyping
• Syslog server management
• Large scale user environment with multiple deployment servers
• Strong environment troubleshooting background
• Splunk Enterprise Security management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified Linux Administrator
• Experience working within Telecommunications and cable industry
• Oracle or database admin certification
• Vendor related network certifications
• Graduate degree or high level of technical certifications.

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The pay for this position has a minimum of $85,900.00. The actual salary offer may be higher as we carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and location. Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses.