Kafka Consultant

Mandate Skills:

• 3 - 7 years of experience in cloud-native applications (Azure strongly preferred) using Python.
• Thorough understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design and practices.
• Strong RDBMS experience (PostgreSQL, MS SQL etc.) designing tables & writing queries.
• Great command of design patterns (especially integration design patterns)

Position Responsibilities :

• Work with product managers to understand the business workflows/requirements, identify needs gaps, and propose relevant technical solutions
• Design, Implement & tune changes to the product that work within the time tracking/project management environment 
• Be understanding and sensitive to customer requirements to be able to offer alternative solutions
• Keep in pace with the product releases
• Work within Deltek-Replicon's software development process, expectations and quality initiatives
• Work to accurately evaluate risk and estimate software development tasks
• Strive to continually improve technical and developmental skills

Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of software development experience (Core: Python v2.7 or higher).
• Strong Data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and Quantitative analysis skills.
• Knowledge of how to use microservices and APIs in code.
• TDD unit test framework knowledge (preferably Python).
• Strong and well-versed with Git basic and advanced concepts and their respective commands and should be able to handle merge conflicts.
• Must have basic knowledge of web development technologies and should have worked on any web development framework.
• SQL queries working knowledge.
• Basic operating knowledge in some kind of project management tool like Jira.
• Good to have:- Knowledge of EmberJs, C#, and .Net framework.

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

• Design, coding, enhancements, and bug fixing in DNS and related areas.

• Bring up new ideas to improve the day-to-day challenges in the design/functionality.

• Should be able to provide technical direction to the ongoing and future projects in the team.

• Keep the product vulnerability free by uplifting/fixing the open issues.

• Build tools and infrastructure to improve these F5’s components and features. 

• Set an example of software design and development innovation and excellence. 

• Research, investigate and define new areas of technology to enhance existing or new products directions

• Evaluate performance of products to fine-tune, and refactor the design as per the requirements to scale up.

• Must have worked in security and related areas.

• Document software designs via functional specifications and other design documents

• Conduct presentations internal and external, mentoring the team members

• May participate in the hiring and onboarding process

• Collaborate with team members and technical leads

• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

Essential 

• Deep understanding of data structures & algorithm. 

• Expert in C, C++ with hands-on experience

• Fair understanding of scripting languages Python and JavaScript

• Expertise in Linux user-level programming and exposure to Linux networking stack.

• Good understanding on TCP/IP concepts.

• Proven experience with security standards.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Good understanding of Network security and DNS modules

• Excellent Understanding of networking technologies and OS internals.

• Prior experience in leading and delivering project/programs involving multiple teams.

• Prior experience of leading and mentoring senior engineers to deliver critical projects.

Nice-to-have 

• Prior experience developing DNS and related modules is a Plus.

• Good understanding of network protocols like TCP, UDP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, FTP etc. 

• Experience with CI/CD (git, pipeline etc.). 

Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of 15+ years of related experience with a Bachelor of Engineering in ECE/Computers or similar years’ experience with ME/MTech in ECE/Computers.

• Excellent organizational agility and interpersonal skills throughout the organization.

• Ability to work flexible hours for better collaboration with international teams.

F5 Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace. The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor of Engineering, preferably in Computer Science/or related fields or Masters, from a premier college
• 2 to 6 years overall software development experience
• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Ability to work with an agile mindset
• Having a polyglot mindset to think beyond one programming language/framework to choose the right tech stack for the right problem and exhibit learnability to pick up new technologies
• Proven working experience in Java development/Python development with reasonable exposure to Python/Java respectively or willingness to learn Python/Java
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms/Python Frameworks
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns
• Good Understanding of Data Structures & Algorithms
• Hands on multi-threading
• Experience in the Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (e.g. JDBC, JPA2, Hibernate, Django ORM)
• Experience with test-driven development