Senior Technical Lead - Java/Kafka

Responsibilities

• Understand business / system requirements and translate them into technical solutions that are scalable, stable, and fit for purpose.
• Development and delivery with Java, Spring Boot
• To involve architecture, design & development of distributed messaging system/streaming platform.
• To assist in the design and implementation of our Kafka application architecture.
• Able to design, build and maintain Kafka topics, producers and consumers for new and existing applications to help facilitate development team onboard Kafka.
• To perform upgrades for Kafka Platform.
• To implement standard security practices for securing Kafka platform.
• Able to contribute to the technical vision, architecture and implementation for our streaming platform, including CI/CD, Self-Service Interfaces, Feature Development and Continuous Delivery.
• Identify and make appropriate changes to technologies, integrated platforms, and systems to meet customer and operational requirements.
• Continuously seek to efficiently manage and utilize technology, platforms, and systems.

Skills Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Information Technology
• 5-7 years of experience in the related field
• Docker: Proficient in building, running, and managing containerized applications. Understanding of containerization principles like isolation, portability, and environment consistency.
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes core concepts, operation, and security and exposure with IaC tools, YAML for configuration management, and Helm for Kubernetes deployment
• Familiar with integrating both SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with Spring Integration for scalable integration solutions within the Spring Framework.
• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI.
• Sound knowledge of Apache Camel for implementing integration patterns and creating routes between systems (databases, APIs, files).
• Familiar with testing Kafka consumers and producers using Embedded Kafka for integration testing.
• Knowledge of Java concurrency for parallel Kafka message processing.
• Familiarity with Spring Framework, particularly Spring Boot, for microservices development.
• Experience with Kafka (Confluent) and understanding event-driven patterns
• Experience with Confluent Platform components like Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, and Schema Registry.
• Integration of Kafka with Apache Camel for seamless routing.
• Knowledge of Kafka security (SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, ACLs) and performance tuning (partitioning, replication, scaling).
• Familiarity with OpenAPI 3.x, Swagger UI for interactive API documentation.
• Familiarity with the Temenos Framework, including APIs, events, outbox and interfaces, JBC programming.