Kafka Architect

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At West Monroe, our people are our business

We pride ourselves on bringing a different mindset to consulting—and that takes a different approach: highly collaborative, flexible, and tenacious.

Our people-first, highly collaborative culture is core to our identity. It’s something we care about, and something we strive to enrich and preserve. No hierarchies. No siloes. No egos. Just smart ideas, and the drive to make an impact for our clients.

Every day our clients rely on us to help them tackle their greatest challenges, by strategically deploying technology through a business-focused and industry-specific lens. We bring together both the right knowledge and the right approach, so that they can capitalize on opportunities and deliver real results. That takes the right team. And that’s where you come in.

Ready for the next step on your career journey?
West Monroe is seeking a Sr. Distributed Application Architect with expertise in event streaming to work with our clients to solve technology needs in our Software Engineering practice. Consultants will be responsible for working directly with multiple clients in various industries as a member of a highly collaborative team of the best and brightest developers at West Monroe.

What will you be doing?

  • Our consultants are expected to interact with key decision makers (CIO, IT Directors, etc.) at our clients to drive and deliver projects
  • Consultants are expected to work with our clients to solve problems through analysis of existing systems and processes
  • Consultants work on full lifecycle projects from requirements gathering through design, implementation and rollout
  • Consultants have the flexibility to be creative and have an impact on designs with a “blank slate” development mentality within the general boundaries of clients’ expectations

We need someone who has real world experience working with:

  • 10+ years of experience in designing and implementing integration solutions
  • Building highly available, scalable, lossless distributed systems serving large amounts of data at a minimum latency with high throughput
  • Experience architecting and building event stream-based solutions and distributed systems
  • Experience in Stream-based integration patterns and ecosystem of technologies: Kafka, Spark, and cloud-based equivalents (Azure Event Hubs, Amazon Kinesis). 
  • Hands on experience with Apache Kafka, Apache Spark
  • Experience in Leading iPaaS / EAI tools (e.g. Mulesoft, Boomi, or similar)
  • Experience in message-based integration patterns tools and brokered messaging solutions (e.g. ActiveMQ, NATS, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, Amazon MQ/SQS/SNS)
  • Experience building integrations using modern development languages (e.g. C#, Java, Scala, NodeJS, or similar)
  • Experience with designed, building, and advisory for decoupled message-based application integrations, using standard integration patterns and related technologies (e.g. iPaaS, brokered messaging, etc.)
  • Experience with designing and building API-based integration and related technologies (e.g. API gateways and API management solutions)
  • Experience building software in a continuous integration and continuous delivery environment
  • Experience delivering software in the public cloud AWS or Azure
  • Strong experience working with data such as - extracting, migrating, and processing complex data sets
  • Knowledge of software engineering concepts (requirements management, development methodologies, testing and documentation) and an understanding of how technology applies to business concepts.
  • Experience working hand-in-hand with clients and usability designers to validate and refine requirements and to produce technical designs that fit the requirements. 
  • Experience in working within a fast-paced, collaborative, and team-based project environment

What else do you need to bring to the table?

  • Agile software development experience
  • Prior consulting experience preferred 
  • Desire and ability to work towards leading a team of 2-8 
  • Ability to work without direction and comfortable developing in uncharted territory
  • Proactive desire to continue to broaden and deepen technical, business and consulting skills
  • Ability to multi-task and work on multiple client projects simultaneously
  • Excellent leadership, organizational, verbal and written communication skills
  • Willingness to travel
  • B.A. or B.S. in a relevant field preferred
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Technology we use

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Location

Chicago is our headquarters, our largest office, and where it all started. Located in the Loop, you’ll find representation across all practices and industries. As our first office, Chicago remains one of the firm’s main hubs for technology and innovation, relying on top talent from the area.

An Insider's view of West Monroe

How does your team reward individual success?

We have this incredible platform called SHOUTOUT, where employees can showcase the great work they have done or worked on with a team. I love it because we can see all the kudos people give each other, and it makes me so happy!

Britt

Employer Brand Specialist

How do you collaborate with other teams in the company?

West Monroe's collaborative culture allows you to grow professionally by working across practices, industries and offices - all while creating value for the client.

Kirsten

Director, Mergers & Acquisitions

What makes someone successful on your team?

If you refuse to shy away from a challenge and enjoy working with an intelligent group of people that genuinely care about those around them, your success will be imminent at West Monroe.

Adam

Senior Manager, Technology

What are West Monroe Perks + Benefits

West Monroe Benefits Overview

Choosing where to build your career is an important decision. Should you choose to build it with West Monroe, we take that commitment seriously.

We believe that when people get the support they need to thrive, they care more, do more, and achieve more. In fact, that’s our whole business strategy. So we strive to provide a total rewards model that illustrates our commitment to our people and their growth, creating value today, tomorrow, and well into the future. We invest in you through an attractive package of rewards that promotes your health and well-being, your financial future, your development, and your satisfaction and enjoyment at work.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
West Monroe has six ERGs: Black Employee Network, Interfaith, Pan-Asian Network, SOMOS, WMPride, and Women's Leadership Network.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Employee stock purchase plan
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Recreational clubs
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications

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