Truist
Sr. Kafka Engineer - Raleigh NC
Raleigh, NC
Apr 3, 2025
Full-time
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** This position is on-site in Raleigh, NC **

The primary purpose of this role is to provide consultation and technical direction on translating business requirements and functional specifications into Middleware Messaging designs—particularly Kafka. This includes facilitating the implementation and maintenance of complex business and enterprise software solutions to ensure successful deployment of released applications. This role serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the implementation and maintenance of enterprise Middleware solutions. In addition, this role personally develops and delivers automation, operational support, stable platforms, and integrated enterprise software solutions within various computing environments including on premise and cloud datacenters.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

1. Resolves complex problems throughout the entire lifecycle of Kafka based platforms, from build to retirement. This includes monitoring, security, automation, troubleshooting, and deployment capabilities.
2. Provides consultation on business requirements and functional specifications in logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions designed around Kafka; facilitates the transition to high level design and supports the project lifecycle with input from executive leadership where needed.

3. Contributes to and leverages the technical direction for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and enterprise Kafka solutions within various computing environments by providing insight and guidance for the design and coding of Kafka infrastructure.

4. Supports systems integration testing and performance testing for large, complex, cross-functional application initiatives by providing insight to testing teams and ensuring the messaging platform is properly tuned and configured.
5. Mentors and advises others in all software development lifecycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
6. Communicates changes in software architecture and coaches others to apply this understanding to software solutions; resolves escalated issues.
7. Leads efforts to improve engineering, test, and operational excellence best practices.
8. Solves complex cross-functional architecture/design and business problems; solutions are extensible; works to simplify, optimize, remove bottlenecks, etc.
9. Mentors and advises others, sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Bachelor's degree in computer science, CIS, or related field
2. Five to seven years of experience in software development or a related field
3. Five to seven years of experience in database technologies
4. Five to seven years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC)

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Master's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field

2. Five to seven years of IT experience developing and implementing business systems within an organization

3. Five to seven years of experience working with defect or incident tracking software

4. Five to seven years of experience writing technical documentation in a software development environment

5. Five to seven years of experience working with an IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework

6. Three to five years of experience working with Kafka platforms

7. One to three years’ experience working with Kubernetes based deployments

8. Experience with other messaging platforms like IBM MQ is a plus

9. Specific experience with Openshift and/or EKS based Kubernetes is a plus

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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