Middleware​/Kafka Engineer

Work Location

State / Region / Province

Texas

Country

USA

Domain

Delivery

Interest Group

Company

ITL USA

Requisition

151514

Technical Skills 1

Technology|Integration|Confluent Kafka

Technical Skills 2

Technology|Middleware Administration|Tomcat Servers

The Infosys Financial Services unit is a global leader in driving digital transformation for financial institutions. We specialize in leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, cloud, and data-led innovation to help our clients accelerate growth and unlock business value. Our AI-driven solutions empower financial institutions to make smarter decisions, enhance customer experiences, and achieve operational excellence. Join us to be part of a pioneering team that is at the forefront of financial services transformation.

You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies, collaborate with industry experts, and contribute to transformative projects across banking, wealth management, and insurance sectors. If you're passionate about AI and eager to make a significant impact, the Infosys Financial Services unit is the perfect place for you to grow and excel.

• Collaborate with internal and client teams to resolve complex incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and document findings with preventive recommendations
• Participate in evaluation of client IT infrastructure, prepare actionable assessment reports, and support due diligence to document infrastructure maturity and improvement opportunities
• Contribute to the design of scalable, cost-effective IT infrastructure solutions, review reusable components, and develop technical documentation for deployed systems
• Align release schedules and environment readiness, execute deployments as per protocols, perform post-deployment testing, and manage version control to track changes
• Co-ordinate maintenance schedules, emergency fixes, and technology upgrades while ensuring uninterrupted integration into existing systems and processes
• Facilitate performance data analysis across systems, coordinate insights on system behavior, and support capacity planning to optimize performance
• Conduct security checks, recovery drills, and compliance audits, implement security measures, and coordinate continuity plans to maintain adherence to standards
• Gather feedback to identify automation opportunities, analyze existing infrastructure processes, and propose enhancements for efficiency gains
• Act as liaison with onsite, offshore, and vendor teams to document project requirements, ensuring effective collaboration
• Develop a centralized repository of technical and procedural knowledge, leveraging insights from other projects to drive efficiency and retain organizational expertise

• A collaborative spirit and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to handle complex incidents and implement resolutions
• A knack for conducting IT infrastructure assessment and identifying key optimization opportunities
• Focused approach towards deployment management, system optimization, and process automation initiatives including sector specific focus
• The ability to work with cross-functional teams

• Production Support (L2/L3):
  Provide 24/7 support to resolve critical Kafka issues, broker failures, and producer/consumer malfunctions.
• Cluster Management:
  Perform Kafka installation, configuration, broker upgrades, and patching.
• Infrastructure Maintenance:
  Manage Topics, Partitions, Replication Factors, and Zookeeper configurations to ensure data reliability.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining Apache Tomcat servers V7x and related software components
• Deploying web applications and configuring them to run on the Tomcat server.

• Web Sphere Application Server Installation, Configuration, Support and Troubleshooting
• Incident Management:
  Troubleshoot and resolve complex streaming data incidents and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Providing technical support and troubleshooting assistance to end-users and other IT teams
• Change Management:
  Control, Implementation,…