Remote DevOps Engineer (Kafka/Kong)

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Job Overview

RemoteWorker CA is seeking a knowledgeable and motivated Remote DevOps Engineer with specialized experience in Kafka and Kong. The successful candidate will play a critical role in maintaining and optimizing our infrastructure and deployment processes. This individual will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust solutions that improve system performance, scalability, and reliability while ensuring seamless delivery of services.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery.
• Implement and manage Kafka and Kong for message brokering and API management.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot production issues in real-time.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Engage in capacity planning and performance tuning of applications.
• Collaborate with developers to integrate new features and enhancements into existing systems.
• Ensure best practices in coding, testing, and deployment are adhered to.
• Participate in on-call rotation to provide support for production systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in a DevOps or related engineering role, specifically with Kafka and Kong.
• Strong understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Ruby.
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
• Solid grasp of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a remote team environment.

Technologies & Tools

The Remote DevOps Engineer will leverage a diverse set of technologies to support our infrastructure and deployment processes, including Kafka for high-throughput messaging, Kong for API management, Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, Jenkins for CI/CD, Docker for containerization, and Kubernetes for orchestration. Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus or Grafana will also be essential in ensuring system integrity and performance.

Ideal Candidates

Ideal candidates for this position possess a keen analytical mindset and are highly detail-oriented, demonstrating an unwavering dedication to high-quality results. They thrive in a remote, collaborative environment and exhibit strong communication skills to effectively convey technical concepts to diverse audiences. A passion for continuous learning and improvement, paired with the ability to adapt to rapidly changing technologies and practices, will make them successful contributors to our team.