Lead Kafka Consultant

Job Description
Infosys is seeking a Lead Kafka Consultant with Integration platform experience in Kafka, Apache Camel, Rabbit MQ and Active MQ. As a Lead Kafka Consultant, you will primarily be responsible for interfacing with key stakeholders and apply the technical proficiency across the different stages of Software Development Life Cycle including Requirement Elicitation, Application Architecture definition, design, development and Production support for Kafka applications and platform support. You should be a self-starter and keen learner and you will be responsible to work closely with the architects and analysts in reviews and technical issue resolution within the committed SLAs.
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• Atleast 7 years of relevant information technology experience
• U.S. citizens or those authorized to work in US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time
• Location for the position is Dallas,TX. This position may require travel and/or relocation to client/project location.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of hands-on experience in Integration development using Kafka, Apace Camel, Rabbit MQ, Active MQ platforms
• At least 3 years' experience in Kafka Development & Support
• Experience in driving technology and business planning sessions, creating technology strategy documents and contributing to the technology roadmap.
• Knowledge on Kafka Cluster Configuration: Configure and optimize Kafka clusters for performance, fault tolerance, and scalability
• Experience in implementing and managing Kafka topics, partitions, and replication.
• Experience in Support projects to handle Integrations/Application support and Platform support.
• Good hands on in Kafka Platform Admin activities
• Experience in Incident Resolution, handling Service Requests, Problem Management, Issue resolution, Trouble shooting, Root cause analysis, Bug fixing.
• Capable of managing team and mentor the team.
• Hands-on experience in designing, building, testing, debugging, deploying, managing APIs and integrations.
• Knowledge and experience with full SDLC lifecycle
• Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies

The job may entail extensive travel. The job may also entail sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Candidates should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face.
About Us
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
Infosys is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.