Title: Kafka Developer
Location: Austin, TX (100% Remote)
Job Type: 6+ Months Contract
Rate: $Open/ Hour
Requirements
Key Skills:
- MUST HAVE Kafka
- REST API Developer ( in either .NET or Java note: Java is preferred)
- Linux platform, some cloud would be valuable.
- 6+ years of hands-on software development in Java (or .NET)
- Experience with API development and REST services
- Experience in one of the scripting languages (PHP, PowerShell, Python, or Perl)
- Solid systems administration understanding (UNIX, Linux or Windows)
- Experience in Cloud Foundry or AWS or other relevant Cloud infrastructure is preferred.
- Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment methodologies, including test automation and metrics.
- Will interpret written requirements and technical specifications for software solutions to business problems.
- Will develop software based on the technical specifications.
- Will analyze and investigate problems with software solutions that have been reported by clients and document the results of their investigation(s).
- Will perform maintenance of software and correct defects that have been identified during the maintenance process.
- Will run unit tests on software they create, implement test plans, test harnesses and document the test results.
- Will investigate and suggest solutions to defects and problems with software solutions that have been detected during testing.
- Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Will build, enhance and maintain Apache Kafka configuration and deployments.
- Will build SDK for application clients to use Kafka, and provide support to those clients .
- Will build and enhance registry to provide information about all event types across the enterprise used in Kafka ESB.
Job Description:
Requirements:
- 6+ years of hands-on software development in Java and .NET
- Experience programming with Java or .NET / C# languages
- Experience with Apache Kafka is strongly preferred.
- Experience with API development and REST services
- Experience in one of the scripting languages (PHP, Powershell, Python, or Perl)
- Experience troubleshooting Operating Systems and Applications
- Experience with a wide variety of platforms and application stacks, ability to understand new application frameworks environments quickly
- Solid systems administration understanding (UNIX, Linux or Windows)
- Experience in an Agile tools and methodologies
- Experience in Cloud Foundry or AWS or other relevant Cloud infrastructure is preferred.
- Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment methodologies, including test automation and metrics.
- Strong communication, influencing, negotiation, and, problem-solving skills, with an ability to identify problems/gaps, assess the requirements to address, and get buy-in to implement solutions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required for composing and delivering technical presentations or other forms of documentation to various level of technical and non-technical management
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field is required
Benefits
Note: If interested please send your updated resume to and include your salary requirement along with your contact details with a suitable time when we can reach you. If you know of anyone in your sphere of contacts, who would be a perfect match for this job then, we would appreciate if you can forward this posting to them with a copy to us.
We look forward to hearing from you at the earliest!..