Job Description

Job Purpose

This role will provide technical support in the solution, design, development, Implementation and maintenance of the Great Eastern Enterprise Stream Processing Platform.

The Job

• Involves in architecture, design & development of distributed messaging system/streaming platform.
• Assists in the design and implementation of our Kafka application architecture.
• Designs, build and maintain Kafka topics, producers and consumers for new and existing applications to help facilitate development team onboard Kafka. Help educate teams on Kafka standard practices.
• Contributes to the tuning and architecture with a strong understanding of related Kafka Connect and Linux fundamentals.
• Monitors and observes Kafka health metrics and alerts, taking action proactively and in a timely manner
• Supports all planned maintenance activities, BAU activities for Kafka Platform including any emergency maintenance.
• Performs upgrades for Kafka Platform.
• Implements standard security practices for securing Kafka platform
• Contributes to the technical vision, architecture and implementation for our streaming platform; including CI/CD, Self-Service Interfaces, Feature Development and Continuous Delivery.
• Develops Utility Services & Reusable Asset Library:
• Build and document components, code or other assets that can be leveraged by project teams. Includes value-added services that are non-BU specific and might otherwise be redundantly developed and maintained by each area.
• Performs Unit Testing and Support Integration Testing

• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
• Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
• Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

Qualifications

Our Requirements

• 8+ years of overall experience in professional IT/Software engineering.
• At least 3+ years of hands-on experience with managing distributed messaging systems, like multiple Kafka clusters.
• Extensive experience in working with Kafka ecosystem (Kafka Brokers, Kafka Connect, Zookeeper) in production (open source or enterprise distributions).
• Exposure to Confluent stack (Confluent ksqlDB, Rest Proxy, Schema Registry, Control Centre) will be highly appreciated.
• 2+ years of experience in administration and configuration of Apache Kafka or Confluent Kafka platform.
• Have experienced in the development and deployment of Apache Kafka and middleware automation for enterprise wide consumption.
• Have experienced using Bitbucket, Bamboo, Nexus, Kibana, Elastic Search, FileBeat.
• Have experienced & knowledge on implementing various security standards (TLS, mTLS, PKI, Encryptions, Authentication, Authorization) used in securing Kafka clusters.
• Experienced or working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Spring Boot, Java.
• Have implemented & well versed with digital/internet web technologies like RESTful Web Services, SOAP Web Services, ESB, JSON, XML, JSON Schemas, XML Schemas, HTML5, HTTP, FTP and JavaScript.
• Good to have experience in JMS messaging technologies such as IBM MQ, Rabbit MQ etc.
• Prefer with Banking or Insurance industry experience.
• Adaptable to fast-pace environment, self-driven and result-oriented. Good team player with good interpersonal skills and able to work independently and possess initiative.

• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork.
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people\xe2\x80\x99s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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