Database Platform Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Installation, configuration, and monitoring of new Data Platform instances when necessary, and conducting upgrades and patch applications when appropriate
  • Administrative support for Kafka, Redis and NoSql platforms critical to our business needs
  • Provide solutions and guidance to development teams when proposed architecture does not comply with architectural, performance or security guidelines
  • Resolve performance issues using all available tools & take corrective actions when necessary
  • Deployment of infrastructure across multiple environments
  • Communicate to business stakeholders, technical teams and management in a consistent manner making complex technical issues and solutions clear, simple, and understandable
  • Possess overall understanding of IT architecture, infrastructure standards, database, caching and middleware platforms, programming languages and tools
  • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of Data Management philosophies and apply them to existing and to-be architectures
  • Ability to produce clear documentation around reoccurring processes
  • Forward thinking, proactive approach to troubleshooting and system monitoring
  • Ability to provide accurate resource and capacity planning
  • Developing applications integrations on an as needed basis
  • On-site Attendance

Experience:

  • 1+ year of experience in an enterprise level infrastructure environment creating, designing and managing highly available Data Platform solutions
  • 1+ year of experience with Apache Kafka. Working knowledge of Kafka clusters (brokers, topics, partitions, connectors, etc.)
  • Working experience with Redis distributed cache and NoSQL databases like MongoDB
  • Experience administering mission-critical Linux systems with a strong understanding of core Linux concepts and technologies (systems, memory/CPU/disk management, troubleshooting, Bash scripting, etc.)
  • Proficiency in C# and/or Java
  • Familiarity with different ingestion methods (.CSV, Flat File, RESTful, JSON, AVRO)
  • Experience and understanding of traditional RDBMS Systems, CDC, ETL & ELT techniques
  • Experience in working cohesively with Enterprise Infrastructure teams
  • Provide after-hours support when necessary
  • Computer-related degree or equivalent experience
  • Ansible and/or Jenkins experience (Preferred)
  • Understanding of Docker and/or Kubernetes containers (Preferred)
  • Familiarity w/ Confluent Kafka design architecture and Kafka Streams API/ksqlDB (Preferred)
  • Confluent Certified Administrator Certification (Preferred)
  • Experience with Kafka Streams API/ksqlDB (Preferred)
  • Exposure to Qlik Replicate (Preferred)
  • Jira work/project tracking (Preferred)
Experience: Mid-Level
Job Type: Direct Hire
Job Location: Metro Detroit

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