For an International Institution in Geneva, we are urgently looking for an experienced Senior Kafka Specialist. Candidates need to be fluent in English.
This positions is long-term. Work permit not required. This role is open for employees and contractors.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Developing Kafka consumer applications and streams to perform 2-way synchronisation (Oracle-Kafka-MongoDB);
Extracting data from Oracle to Kafka topics using Kafka Connect and Change Data Capture
Performing basic ETL to transform the topics into the correct target structure;
Loading transformed data as MongoDB documents;
Conversely, doing the synchronization and transformation from MongoDB back to Oracle;
Creating the necessary tests to ensure delivered code is working as per requirements;
Profile:
Bachelor or Master degree;
+5 years in Software Development, Linux System Administration or in DevOps capacity;
+2 years building and managing solutions using Apache Kafka;
Experience in converting monolith applications into microservices architecture;
Demonstrated experience using DevOps and CI/CD techniques (Jenkins, GIT, Docker);
Able to train development and production teams;
Strong knowledge of Kafka components, Kafka security model;
Team player with a positive attitude and a solution driven mentality;
