Kafka/Confluent Engineer

Alpha Omega Integration LLC is an award-winning Federal IT Solutions provider. Since its inception in September 2016, we have grown from a start-up to a $100m/year business. Alpha Omega’s growth stems from our mission focus: to make the US Government the best in the world. We achieve that via advanced capabilities in the areas of Design & Product Management, DevSecOps & Cloud Engineering, Intelligent Automation, and Cybersecurity.  

Our consistent growth has fostered a series of accolades including Inc. 5000 and Washington Technology’s Fast 50 awards for five consecutive years, Virginia Business Best Places to Work ten years in a row, and Maryland Technology Council's 2022 Government Contract of the Year over $50 Million Dollars award, to name a few. 

We are seeking passionate federal IT professionals to join our team.  

Come support our nation’s government agencies and make a difference! 

Why Us?  

We have H.E.A.R.T.! Alpha Omega's Core Values – (H) harmony, (E) engagement, (A) accountability, (R) resourcefulness, and (T) tenacity- collectively are an acrostic reminder of the values that guide the work we do.  

We foster a culture that recognizes and rewards hard work. Our H.E.A.R.T. program invites colleagues and managers from across the organization to recognize each other for living out our core values. Spotlighted employees enjoy a detailed nomination about their core-values-aligned actions which are then shared with their manager.

Ready to embark on a rewarding, challenging, and fulfilling career in the Federal IT Solutions space? 

Come grow with us!  

Job Title: Kafka/Confluent Engineer
Clearance Required: DHS Public Trust EOD (Active or Expired)
Work Location: Remote (DMV area strongly preferred)

Travel – Onsite in Washington, DC 1 day every quarter required

Alpha Omega is looking for a Kafka/Confluent Engineer to join our team. As a Kafka/Confluent Engineer, you will help one of our customers extract business value from their real-time data streams. In this role, you will interact directly with customers, contributing to implementation during any or all phases of the application lifecycle – application planning and design, deployment architectures, development and provisioning, integration and release configuration, system testing, production operations and monitoring, application optimization, and Confluent best practices recommendations.

To do this, you will provide software, development, and operations expertise that leverages your deep knowledge of best practices in the use of Apache Kafka, the Confluent platform, and complementary systems. Through these interactions, you will build strong relationships with your customers and ensure exemplary delivery standards. You will also have the opportunity to build state-of-the-art streaming data infrastructure, in partnership with colleagues who are widely recognized as industry leaders. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare for an upcoming engagement by discussing, with the customer and account team, goals, expectations, and agenda
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the customer, addressing technical, development, or strategic IT needs
• Deliver on the engagement by presenting onsite or remote workshops for the customer’s architects and developers
• Produce and deliver professional post-engagement reports for the customer
• Deploy, augment, and upgrade Kafka clusters using Kubernetes or ansible
• Manage technical problem identification and resolution, support system architecture definition, software specification and design, testing, and deployment of open-source solutions
• Keep your Confluent account team updated on issues that may affect project or company performance
• Hone your skills, build and/or test applications, and learn new product features.
• Support internal Data & AI Practice center in building MVPs, developing white papers and providing sales support as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence).

Required Skills/Experience:

• 4-6 years overall experience with required skills/technologies
• Experience building and operating in-production stream processing, and enterprise data integration solutions using Apache Kafka and/or other distributed systems (Hadoop, Cassandra, etc.)
• Knowledge on DevOps and Microservices (Service Mesh)
• Experience using cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) for running high-throughput systems; Gov Cloud experience preferred
• Experience operating Linux (configure, tune, and troubleshoot both RedHat and Debian-based distributions), Ansible, and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with software development, including languages, systems, and frameworks such as: Java, Spring, Python, JMS, Kafka, SQL, and NoSQL

Alpha Omega Integration, LLC (Alpha Omega) is committed to the development of a creative, diverse, and inclusive work environment.  In accordance with the law and our organizational values, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status)”.  Final hiring decisions at Alpha Omega will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities.   

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQIA, women, people over 40, and differently-abled folks are strongly encouraged to apply.

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