Kafka Architect

Oddball believes that the best products are built when engineers understand and value the things they are working on. We value learning and growth and the ability to make a big impact at a small company. We believe that we can make big changes happen and improve the daily lives of millions of people by bringing quality software to the federal space.

For an organization to transform in today’s digital world, it needs to properly collect, store, and organize its data. Effective data management can enable more efficient operations, yielding more growth. As a Kafka architect, you know how to apply your creative-thinking and analytical mindset to help organizations manage their data assets and move them into data streaming solutions unlocking their potential to service Veterans with near real-time solutions. We’re looking for an experienced Kafka architect like you to deliver leading-edge solutions for the Veterans Affairs in their modernization journey providing up to the minute information to the front-line benefits processors and supporting internal and Veteran facing applications with near real-time actionable data

As a Kafka architect on our Veteran’s Benefits team, you’ll use your extensive technical expertise to design Kafka architecture solutions to make data and events easier to consume and connected to the full lifecycle of benefits processing at the VA. You will use your event-driven architecture experience to support product lines (agile and systems teams) in designing stream processor applications as well as leverage existing Kafka tools. You’ll guide the teams in best practices and proven experience as they design, develop, tests and monitor streaming solutions, and you’ll serve as a liaison between clients and developers to ensure that requirements are met and solutions are delivered.  

With your drive to establish processes and lead technological innovation, you’ll make a lasting impact on the Veterans Affairs and their ability to support our Veterans with the benefits they have earned.

You Have:  

• 5+ years of experience in application development
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing and maintaining complex data applications at enterprise scale
• 3+ years of experience creating software for retrieving, parsing and processing structured and unstructured data
• 3+ years of experience building scalable ETL/ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing and maintaining Kafka solutions and event driven architecture
• 2+ years of experience with large Oracle databases
• Experience with Application performance Monitoring like AppDynamics or Dynatrace and enterprise opensource logging and monitoring solutions
• Experience creating solutions within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment

Nice If You Have:  

• Experience with Python, SQL, Scala, or Java
• Experience with UNIX/Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting
• Experience with a public cloud, including AWS
• Experience with distributed data/computing tools including Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, or AWS EMR
• Experience with NoSQL implementation, including MongoDB or Cassandra
• Experience with data warehousing using AWS Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake 
• Experience with Data Science, AI, ML tools and solutions
• Experience with Agile engineering practices