Data Streaming Platform Engineer (Expert) 2516 TT

About the position

Running business critical services in cloud environments in accordance with the agreed hours of operation within a shift model.



Usage of automation tools to monitor and observe software reliability in the supported environment.



Handing of incidents and changes in accordance with the defined Service Level Agreements.



Work in a team environment to improve services throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle.   



Managing projects / processes.



Support Product in an Agile approach by proactively managing assigned User Story’s in-line with the organisational Agile Working Model.



Supports the Product owner to shape the Product roadmap.


Minimum Requirements:

Qualifications/Experience:



Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or equivalent work experience



 



Essential Skills Requirements:



Sound knowledge in Kotlin, Java or JavaScript or Python or C#



Familiarity with Microservices Architectures, Cloud Architectures or Container Architectures e.g., Docker



Experience in developing solutions on public cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and AWS



Experience with Container Orchestration Platforms e.g., Kubernetes.



Sound experience in developing backend applications and services.



Architecture and Interface Design.



Experience of agile methodologies, particularly Scrum and Kanban.



Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery tools (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Terraform, Ansible).



Coordination between development and support environments.



 



Advantageous Skills Requirements:



Knowledge of event streaming e.g., Apache Kafka.



Experience with GitOps technologies such as ArgoCD or Flux.



Expertise with Helm in deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes clusters.



Data modelling and Database technologies (relational, document, graph, time series, geolocation), e.g., Postgres, Influx.



Experience securing cloud environments.



Provide Operations (DevOps) based on a standby roster.



Incident Management (IM), Change Management (CM), Problem Management (PM).



ITIL certification, process knowledge and work experience.



Understanding of BI Tools will be an advantage.



Assisting with the business cases.



Requirements management:



o             Eliciting requirements



o             Translating and simplifying requirements



o             Document requirements in appropriate format depending on methodology followed



o             Planning and monitoring



o             Communication



Excellent communication skills and team-oriented work behaviour in a distributed team.



Fit for business purpose mind-set, i.e., the solutions provided must meet the business goals.



Understanding of integration between different technologies.



Assist with identification and management of risks.

Desired Skills:

• Kotlin
• Microservices Architectures
• Container Architectures