Senior Middleware Kafka Engineer

Northern Trust Enterprise Middleware Service team is looking for a senior messaging system engineer to help build out, maintain, and troubleshoot the bank's rapidly expanding Confluent Kafka messaging infrastructure. You will be part of a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency, delivering mission critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage all environments (Development, Testing and Production) of Confluent Kafka cluster
• Install, configure and provide support for functional and performance testing of new features of modern messaging system.
• Work with application developers in POCs to design solutions with novel and advanced product features
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability by monitoring and testing application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
• Design and maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
• Design of expansion of current cluster and integration of existing cluster with cloud
• Architect the roadmap for messaging systems in the bank
• Provide 3rd level support and act as an assistant to the technical leader of offshore support team
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

Required:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Minimum of 5+ years of Confluent Kafka administration experience
• Minimum of 10+ years of messaging system experience
• Extensive experience with Confluent Kafka admin and development
• Knowledge of scripting (Python, Java, etc.)
• Knowledge/experience with GIT and CI/CD
• Familiarity with REST APIs
• Familiarity with Java
• Familiarity/experience with Automation tools a + (Ansible, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• General unix support skills (services, bash, scripting, etc.)
• Experience with Kafka a +
• Experience with other middleware or streaming platforms a +
• Experience with Docker, PCF, or other container platforms a +
• Must be a self-starter

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With over 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve!

We recognize the value of inclusion and diversity in culture, in thought, and in experience, which is why we are honored to receive the following awards in 2021:

• Gender Equality Index Member, Bloomberg
• Top Financial & Banking Company, Black EOE Journal, Hispanic Network Magazine, Professional WOMAN'S Magazine

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of America's best banks and most sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today.