Kafka Sr. DevOps Engineer

Our Technology team wakes up every day with one goal in mind - connecting Canadians to the people and things that matter most. Together, we are proud to support 30 million Canadians each month through managing a robust portfolio that champions leading-edge technology. We drive large-scale, complex, and high-visibility technology projects and programs that shape the future of technology in Canada and expand connectivity from coast to coast. If you are interested in being a part of this, consider applying for the following opportunity:

Who we’re looking for:

The Senior Kafka Engineer will be the technology lead to provide hands-on administration of our vital Enterprise Kafka platform, from solutioning, delivery through to operational production support.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the hands-on technical administration of a large enterprise Kafka deployment, with stretch clusters across multiple data centers and the Cloud.
• Ensure high availability of Kafka services by implementing failover mechanisms, rapid recovery processes, ensuring proper monitoring alerts and knowledge sharing with the team.
• Ensure efficient high performance of the Kafka platform, finding and removing bottlenecks throughout data pipelines, recommending infrastructure and design changes when needed.
• Ensure security compliance of the Kafka platform by implementing and enforcing security policies adhering to Rogers security guidelines.
• Develop automated deployment scripts using tools such as Ansible, Terraform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Kafka solutions, including onboarding and assisting with the design and troubleshooting of Kafka clients.
• Accountable for reporting and service metrics including usage analytics, capacity, and performance of the Kafka environments.
• Serve as escalation resource on infrastructure and application integration issues as related to installs of Kafka, patching deployments, or any other project related work.
• Drive major incident bridges and root cause analysis of issues related to the Kafka platform.
• Provide architectural expertise to develop and update a technology roadmap for Kafka, using a strong understanding of current industry developments and best practices.

Technical Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience supporting mission-critical multi-datacenter, hybrid Confluent cloud, large scale enterprise Kafka implementations.
• Strong understanding of core concepts in Confluent Kafka such as Zookeeper, KRaft, Schema Registry, Control Center, Connect servers, Replicators.
• Strong hands-on experience with security hardening of Kafka using Kerberos, TLS, ACL, RBAC, OAuth, certificates, firewalls, API Gateways.
• Experience tuning and upgrading Kafka with minimum downtime and impact to business.
• Experience with automation pipelines with Jenkins, Github, Terraform, Azure DevOps, Python.
• Experience with Kafka Connectors including Sink/Source connectors, Syslog connectors, Elastic connectors.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools Dynatrace, C3, Elastic, Kibana, Grafana.
• Experience with Kafka clients in Cloud platforms Azure, AWS, Confluent Cloud.
• Experience with recovery processes such as changing offsets, retention, partition management, Disaster Recovery, performance testing.

What you must bring:

• Excellent hands-on experience administering large enterprise Kafka environments using Linux/Unix command line and DevOps automation tools.
• Keen interest of Middleware concepts, and ability to discuss data integration architecture in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong skills in troubleshooting technical issues with experience leading Incident Bridges and staying calm under pressure.
• Engage on Service Requests/Incident/Changes/Problems that are escalated to the team regarding project activities or operational support.
• After business hours or evening or weekend shifts of work will be required for on-call support and to minimize business impact of system changes.

What’s in it for you?
We believe in investing in our people and helping them reach their potential as valuable members of our team. As part of our team, you’ll have access to a wide range of incredible resources, growth opportunities, discounts, and perks, including:

Competitive salary & annual bonus :Competitive & flexible health and dental benefits, pension plan, RRSP, TFSA,and Stock matching programs.

Discounts:

• Enjoy up to 50% off Rogers Services and Blue Jays Tickets, 25% off
• TSC items, and a 20% discount on all wireless accessories sold in Rogers stores.

Paid time off for volunteering

• Company matching contributions to charities you support

Growth & Development Opportunities:

• Self-driven career development programs (E.g. My Path program)

Rogers First:

• Priority in applying to internal roles of interest

Wellness Programs:

• Homewood employee & family assistance program
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) & Virtual therapy sessions
• Low or no-cost fitness membership with access to virtual classes
  

Our commitment to the environment and diversity:

• Work for an organization committed to environmental protection

Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion with employee resource groups supporting equity-deserving groups including groups representing People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, Indigenous Peoples, Persons with Disabilities and Women. We all bring something different, and we know what makes us different makes us great.

This is a hybrid work position and will require you to be in office three days per week.
You can choose which days in office work best for you!

If you are selected to move forward in the recruitment process, here is what you can expect:
15-minute phone screen with your recruiter, 1-hour virtual interview with Hiring Manager, 30-minute final round virtual interview with Director of the team.

Best of luck!

​To protect our people, brand and assets, a pre-employment background check will be conducted. As part of our selection process, all candidates must clear a criminal background check. Additionally, a credit check and drivers abstract may be required depending on the role.

Schedule: Full time
Shift: Day
Length of Contract: Not Applicable (Regular Position)
Work Location: 8200 Dixie Road (101), Brampton, ON
Travel Requirements: None
Background Check(s) Required: Criminal Record and Credit Check
Posting Category/Function: Technology & Information Technology
Requisition ID: 325279