Senior Systems Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Randstad Digital
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
Remote or New York, New York
Summary: Enterprise Healthcare client is seeking a highly motivated Senior Systems Engineer to join their team, focusing on managing and maintaining Kafka platforms. The role involves platform administration, client support, and developing new services while adhering to Agile methodologies. Candidates with a Bachelor's degree are encouraged to apply for this contract position. The position is primarily remote, with a salary range of $54.01 to $64.01 per hour.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and manage Kafka platforms on-prem and in the cloud.
- Develop new services and enhancements.
- Coach junior team members.
- Provide client support and incident management.
- Engage in solution engineering and develop Proofs-of-Concept.
- Conduct code reviews.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Experience with Kafka platforms.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to coach and mentor junior team members.
- Experience in client support and incident management.
Salary (Rate): £54.01 hourly
City: New York
Country: United States
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Enterprise Healthcare client has an immediate opening for a highly motivated Senior Systems Engineer to join their dynamic and growing team. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply!
location: Telecommute
job type: Contract
salary: $54.01 - 64.01 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- What is the purpose of this team?
- What is driving this need? (ex. Backfill for FTE or CW, new project, business growth)
- Describe the surrounding team (team culture, work environment, etc.) & key projects.
- Do you have any additional upcoming hiring needs or is this request part of a larger hiring initiative? Our Kafka teams manage and maintain all Kafka platforms at Centene. We are organized into three teams: one dedicated to self-hosted Kafka platforms, another to Confluent Cloud (SaaS Kafka), and a third focusing on the cloud gateway and global DNS. With over 130 client applications leveraging these platforms for data streaming, our responsibilities include platform maintenance, automation, client support, production support, enabling self-service, enhancing current platforms, and introducing new capabilities.
As a shared service, our primary objective is to administer and manage Kafka platforms. We do not frequently engage in project work.
Each team follows Agile methodology and consists of scrum teams with 5-9 members, depending on the team. Team members participate in daily scrum ceremonies and frequently collaborate outside these ceremonies through paired programming, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and knowledge sharing.
No planned hiring needs as of now.
Typical Day in the Role
- Walk me through the day-to-day responsibilities and a description of the project (Outside of the Workday JD).
- What are the performance expectations/metrics?
- What makes this role unique? - Administer Kafka platforms on-prem and in cloud
- Develop new services/ enhancements
- Coach junior team members
- Provide client support
- Incident management
- Solution engineering
- Develop Proofs-of-Concept
- Code reviews
qualifications:
Bachelors
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This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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