Most important is finding an Application Arch with strong Kafka exp (2-3 years).
There are 2 flavours of Kafka out there, one by Confluence an open source product and one by Cloudera which is what they are using at SBP.
Either one is fine not a big difference between the two. They will be working on a Systems Transformation project for the Claims process, HC is a plus
Job Description
Represent Product Delivery as a Senior Application Architect on the claims modernization and transformation initiative otherwise known as the NextGen
Configurable Claims Adjudication Engine. Role is to function as part of a team of Application Architects and to collaborate with Solution Architecture, Data Architecture and Enterprise Architecture to help drive towards optimal solutions and architectures and on time delivery of supportable products.
Requirements:
11- 15 Years of Experience with 8+ years of relevant architecture design experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related IT field or equivalent work experience
TOGAF or similar architecture certification required or commitment to acquire such certification within the initial 6 months assignment
Real world Kafka architecture, design, and implementation experience
Experience implementing Spring boot microservices to process messages into the Kafka cluster setup.
Experience implementing Kafka producer and consumer applications on Kafka cluster setup with help of Zookeeper.
Experience using Spring Kafka API calls to process the messages smoothly on the Kafka Cluster.
Have knowledge on the partitioning of Kafka messages and setting up the replication factors in the Kafka Cluster.
Expert in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale systems
Extensive experience in developing technical architectures.
Expert knowledge of information systems, spanning at least two to four component architectures.
Extensive experienced in translating business strategies, across several business units into effective solutions.
Expert knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle.
Expert understanding of design patterns and their application at all levels (conceptual, logical and physical).
Solid experience working with SOA, object modeling, system performance optimization
Demonstrated success in architecting large-scale enterprise software. A combination and good balance of architecture design and hands-on development skills.
Proven strong technical leadership skills.
Proven ability to lead the design of large-scale systems with N-tier architecture
Demonstrated experience in monitoring, analyzing and recommending solutions to performance problems in high-traffic, large-scale distributed systems and integration architectures
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred:
Healthcare Payer industry knowledge and experience
Ability to work effectively with all internal and external stakeholders
Self-starter and motivated
Experience using and designing application architectures non-SQL databases like MongoDB, and Cloud migrations are all a plus
Experience with Business Rule Engines/workflow using Pega.