Sr. Streaming Engineer

Ness Digital Engineering • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

This role supports and works collaboratively with business analysts, team leads and development team. A contributor in developing scalable and resilient hybrid and Cloud-based data solutions supporting critical financial market clearing and risk activities; collaborate with other developers, architects, and product owners to support enterprise transformation into a data-driven organization. The Specialist, Application Developer will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in a project environment.

Requirements

• 5+ year of experience in building high speed, data-centric solutions
• Java 5+ years experience
• Experience with high speed distributed computing frameworks like FLINK, Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, etc
• Experience with distributed message brokers Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc. Kafka
• Experience with cloud technologies and migrations. Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI and IAM etc
• Experience developing and delivering technical solutions using public cloud service providers like Amazon, Google
• Experience writing unit and integration tests with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus
• Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph
• Experience following Git workflows
• Working knowledge of DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc
• Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics
• Java-based software development experience
• Fluent in object-oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles
• Strong testing experience which includes developing test plans, automated test cases, and working with test frameworks
• Deep understanding of performance issues and multi-threaded development
• Experience working with two or more of the following: web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms
• Hands-on experience with Java version 8 onwards, Spring, SpringBoot, Microservices, REST API
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required

Nice To Haves

• OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level

Responsibilities

• Support the application development of big data application for business requirements in agreed architecture framework and Agile environment
• Thoroughly analyzes requirements, develops, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation
• Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external facing reporting is properly represented
• Performs application and project risk analysis and recommends quality improvements
• Assists Production Support by providing advice on system functionality and fixes as required
• Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management
• Experience with resolving security vulnerabilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level