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LexisNexis

Senior Manager Data Science

Raleigh, NC · On-site +1

... remote locations. ** About our Team : LexisNexis Legal & Professional, serving customers in over ... Graduate degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or equivalent experience. * 10 years of ...

FHR

M6.20 MuleSoft Lead (100% Remote)

Raleigh, NC · Remote

Phoenix, AZ (Remote) Duration: Up to 12 months, with potential for extensionOur direct client is ... Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent. * Experience: * 8+ years of programming ...

DataAnnotation

Actuarial Analyst

Raleigh, NC · Remote

$40/hr

Applied Math and/or Computer Science. Benefits This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position You'll be able to choose which projects you want to work on You can work on your own schedule Projects ...

First Citizens Bank

Technical Lead

Raleigh, NC · Remote

$150K - $199.97K/yr

This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States with the ability to work EST business hours. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information ...

First Citizens Bank

Technical Lead

Raleigh, NC · Remote

$150K - $199.97K/yr

This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States with the ability to work EST business hours. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information ...

DataAnnotation

Quantitative Strategist

Raleigh, NC · On-site +1

$60/hr

Benefits Fully remote: work from anywhere in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New ... A bachelor's degree in a quantitative field is preferred (Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics ...

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Senior Kafka Engineer (Remote NC, TX, AZ)

Senior Kafka Engineer (Remote NC, TX, AZ)

First Citizens Bank

Raleigh, NC • On-site, Remote

$101.60K - $139.50K/yr

Full-time

Posted 9 days ago

First Citizens Bank rating

7.6

Company rating: 7.6 out of 10

Based on 102 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

80th of 141 rated banks

Job description

Overview

This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following location(s): AZ, NC, and TX.

This position provides technical guidance on complex strategic projects. Facilitates the design, development and maintenance of data streaming pipelines and distributed messaging system. Responsible for setting up Kafka clusters, configuring brokers, performance optimization and ensuring high availability. Recommends processes and products that meet strategic goals while aligning with the Bank's long-term technology direction.


Responsibilities
  • Infrastructure Management – Design and deploy Kafka clusters on premise to ensure scalability and high availability. Cluster management through capacity planning, monitoring and alerting.
  • Pipeline Development – Develop and Maintain real-time, stream data pipes using Kafka connect, schema registry, streams, ksqldb.
  • Performance Optimization - Monitor, tune and optimize brokers and topic configurations for throughput and low latency.
  • Technical Expert - Maintains a strong knowledge of technology trends and impact on the Bank's infrastructure to provide relevant consultative guidance. Trains and mentor peers on new technologies.
  • Consultation - Provides technical advice and direction to associates, management, and developmental project teams. Utilizes expertise to consult and develop software to solve complex technical problems.
  • Business Strategy - Acts as a trusted advisor on strategies that align developmental projects with long-term business needs and technological direction. Assists management in implementing initiatives or strategies across the division.
  • Troubleshooting – Diagnose and work of remediations for issues related to infrastructure, consumer lags and message delivery.
  • Security and Governance – Secure Kafka cluster via SSL and SASL, Manage data contracts using schema registry.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance

Preferred Area of Study: Computer Science, Information Systems Preferred Area of Experience: Information Technology, Application Development

Skill

  • Strong understanding of Kafka architecture – topics, partitions, brokers, producers, consumers, connectors.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems, data streaming and messaging systems.
  • Experience with Confluent Kafka Connect, streams. Monitoring tools like, Grafana, Prometheus, Confluent Control Center.
  • Ability to be on call for support on a rotating basis (as needed).

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance

Preferred Area of Study: Computer Science, Information Systems Preferred Area of Experience: Information Technology, Application Development

Skill

  • Strong understanding of Kafka architecture – topics, partitions, brokers, producers, consumers, connectors.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems, data streaming and messaging systems.
  • Experience with Confluent Kafka Connect, streams. Monitoring tools like, Grafana, Prometheus, Confluent Control Center.
  • Ability to be on call for support on a rotating basis (as needed).

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.

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