Platform Engineer - AWS - Jefferies
Core
Lead administration and optimization of Kafka-based data streaming infrastructure on AWS, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance for business applications and analytics platforms.
Role type
Senior Platform Operations Engineer (AWS & Kafka)
Builds
High-throughput event streaming environments and cloud services
Domain
Financial services / Cloud Infrastructure / Data Streaming
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Apache Kafka administration, Amazon MSK management, AWS cloud services (EC2, EKS, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, S3, VPC), Kafka cluster setup and scaling, Terraform, Python/Bash scripting, distributed systems troubleshooting, caching architectures, message throughput optimization
Preferred skills
Kubernetes/EKS, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams, OTEL, Prometheus, Grafana, cross-region AWS setups, AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification, capital markets experience, performance tuning, cost optimization
Technologies
Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, AWS, Terraform, Python, Bash, Kubernetes, EKS, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams, OTEL, Prometheus, Grafana
Responsibilities
Administer and optimize Amazon MSK clusters, maintain secure high-throughput event streaming environments, collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams, troubleshoot distributed systems, optimize message throughput and latency
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC