Senior Kafka Platform Engineer - VP

Integration Services within Common Platform Engineering is responsible for developing and maintaining technology services used by development teams across Services, Markets, Banking and Functions Technology within Citi. These reusable services allow development team to acceleration of their deliveries as they focus on their business deliverable whilst the ancillary services that they need are provided for them.

This role is a Senior Platform Engineer working on the Kafka as a Service project. Maintaining and building a Kafka platform the successful candidate will participate in all aspects of the provision of the platform. This will include configuring new environments, building out and managing the onboarding and configuration workflows. They will also be supporting our partner teams as they onboard and use the platform, this will include helping them advising them on how to correctly architect and configure their Kafka usage and to troubleshoot problems.Responsibilities:

Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all firm mandated controls and compliance initiativesEnsure that all integration of functions meet business goalsDefine necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process enhancementsRecommend product customization for system integrationIdentify problem causality, business impact and root causesExhibit knowledge of how our own specialty area contributes to the business and apply knowledge of competitors, products and servicesAdvise and mentor junior team membersImpact the engineering function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating servicesAppropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environmentExperience of the following technologies:Kakfa Ecosystem (Confluent distribution preferred)Kubernetes and OpenshiftJavaPythonAnsibleConsistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communicationComprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practicesDemonstrated analytic/diagnostic skillsAbility to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teamsAbility to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiativeAbility to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirementsProven track record of operational process change and improvement

Education:

Bachelors degree/University degree or equivalent experienceMasters degree preferred

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Systems & Engineering

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Time Type:

Full time

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