Client/Server Architect jobs in Pine Bluff, AR

Skill Summary

Technical skills (Required - Mandatory)
Messaging tools:Apache Kafka
Technical skills (Required - Nice to have) :MQ, IIB, BMC Remedy, Service now
OS: Unix, Windows
Scripting skills: Advanced Shell and Perl
Language skills needed: English, German is optional

People skills
• Experience in running operations with ITIL processes / ITIL certified.
• Excellent Analytical and troubleshooting skill.
• Excellent in Verbal, written communication.
• Creative thinking in implementing Service improvements (automation, incident reduction, etc.).
• Experienced in involved RFPs and presentations skills.

Soft skills
• Expertise on scripting/automation to automate the administration/manual tasks.
• A Proven client interaction, communication, and organizational skills
• Strong team spirit and relationship management skills, customer focused


Additional soft skills:

Experience in running operations with ITIL processes / ITIL certified.
• Excellent Analytical and troubleshooting skill.
• Excellent in Verbal, written communication.
• Creative thinking in implementing Service improvements (automation, incident reduction, etc.).
• Experienced in involved RFPs and presentations skills.
• Expertise on scripting/automation to automate the administration/manual tasks.
• Proven client interaction, communication, and organizational skills
• Strong team spirit and relationship management skills, customer-focused

Minimum years of experience: 6-12 Yrs.

Certifications Needed: No

Areas of responsibility: Plan/Build/Migration and Maintenance activities L3 support for Kafka
• Installation, configuration, and system administration of the Kafka (servers and clients).
• Manage and configuring Kafka APIs (Admin, Producer, Consumer, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect etc..,)
• Administration and maintenance of Pre-production and production environments.
• Migrating the MW Products from Old version to latest versions.
• Coordination with Client teams and IT Partners, Vendors.
• Planning and executing Middleware DR Restoration drills in coordination with other teams.
• Implement automations for significant reduction in manual efforts, it is essential to have hands-on experience in one of the Automation Platforms like SALTSTACK, Ansible.
• Up-to-date technical knowledge, publish base articles and contribute to the team in the service.

Handling on-call support, High severity issues, Root cause analysis and prepare appropriate documentation as required by Incident and Problem management.

Writing solutions / estimates for RFPs.
Driving automation using state-of-art automation platforms like SaltStack, shell, Ansible.