Senior Kafka Engineer

Summary: Located in Irvine, CA, this is a long-term contract position requiring 12 years of experience. The candidate will deliver API - Platform Engineering by leading solution initiatives. Responsibilities include recommending and re-engineering solutions to address complex incidents/issues, advanced troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and recommending solutions/fixing bugs. The candidate will identify toil and recommend/develop automation solutions, understand business requirements, and provide solutions through the self-service platform. Participation in piloting new products is also expected. Responsibilities: Deliver API - Platform Engineering by leading solution initiatives. Recommend and re-engineer solutions to address complex incidents/issues. Conduct advanced troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and recommend solutions/fixing bugs. Identify toil and recommend/develop automation solutions. Understand business requirements and provide solutions through the self-service platform. Participate in piloting new products. Requirements: Strong experience with Kafka and AWS cloud, including experience in building and operating solutions for high-scale distributed systems. Prior experience with enabling "Observability" using tools for distributed tracing, event logging, APM synthetic monitoring. Understanding of SRE practices. Experience in automation. Experience in building self-service platforms. Prior experience with web services and messaging protocols. Prior experience with Infrastructure as Code with Ansible and Terraform, OpenShift/Kubernetes. Prior experience with public cloud providers (AWS). Ability to collaborate with teams and impact decisions at the interpersonal level. Required Skills: KafkaAWS CloudDistributed SystemsObservability ToolsSRE PracticesAutomationSelf-service PlatformsWeb ServicesMessaging ProtocolsInfrastructure as CodeAnsibleTerraformOpenShift/KubernetesPublic Cloud Providers (AWS)Collaboration Preferred Skills: Understanding of SDLC, SAFe terminologies, Agile development methodology. Experience in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Git. Benefits: Details regarding benefits will be provided during the interview process.