Data Streaming Platform Engineer

SUMMARY:
Data Streaming Platform Engineer
Location: Gauteng
Long Term Contract

POSITION INFO:
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 with Continuous Integration and Delivery tools (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Terraform, Ansible)
 
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
·        Excellent communication skills and team-oriented work behaviour in a distributed team
·        Experience of agile methodologies, particularly Scrum and Kanban
·        Fit for business purpose mind-set, i.e., the solutions provided must meet the business goals
·        Understanding of integration between different technologies
·        Coordination between development and support environments
·        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
·        Assist with identification and management of risks
 
 
WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE?
·        Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or equivalent work experience
WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?
·        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

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