Dear Candidate,
I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to quickly share an exciting opportunity for a Confluent/Kafka Engineer position with Highmark. Below are the essential details:
Position: Confluent/Kafka Engineer
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Duration: 6+ Months
Work Authorization: USC Only
End-Client: Highmark
Tier: Prime Vendor
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and design scalable, fault-tolerant, high-performance Kafka-based data streaming solutions.
- Lead technical design sessions and provide architectural guidance to junior engineers.
- Develop and maintain Confluent Platform components (Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Flink, ksqlDB).
- Lead troubleshooting efforts, perform root cause analysis, and mentor junior engineers.
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to integrate data streams into applications.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation and enforce best practices during code reviews.
- Stay up to date with the latest Confluent Platform and Kafka technologies.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 5+ years of experience with Confluent Platform and Kafka.
- Proficiency in Java or JVM languages (Scala, Kotlin).
- Experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, and message queuing systems.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance tuning skills.
- Confluent Certified Engineer preferred.
- Strong experience with cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Leadership skills and experience with mentoring teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with other streaming technologies like Spark Streaming or Flink.
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Exposure to data visualization and analytics tools.
If you or someone in your network is interested, please feel free to reach out for more details.
Please reply with your updated resume and your availability for a brief chat.
Thanks and Regards
Abhay Kumar Jain
Technical Recruiter
abhay@vsgbusinesssolutions.com
linkedin.com/in/abhay-kumar-jain-984856311
VSG Business Solutions Inc.
3240 East State Street Ext, Suite 203, Hamilton, NJ 08619
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