Confluent Kafka Developer (Mid-Level)Apex Systems is seeking a Confluent Kafka Software Developer with strong Confluent Kafka and CI/CD experience. Apex has a client partnered with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support an application programming interface that will enable near-time data sharing to in order to reduce fraud, waste and abuse.Duties and responsibilities:• Primary responsibilities are focused on the Analysis, Design, Development, and Testing of features utilizing Confluent Kafka.• Apply Confluent Kafka API lifecycle development and management.• Define & Deploy API Governance & Monitoring processes.• Unit test to ensure that solutions meet requirements outlined in the design documentation.• Maintain and enhance Confluent Kafka architecture, Confluent Kafka design principles, and CI/CD Deployment procedures.• Model system behaviors using best practice methods for communicating architecture and design.• Ensure unit, system, integration, stress, and user acceptance testing are in alignment with architecture.Required qualifications to be successful in this role:• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field required.• 3+ years’ experience with end-to-end design and development of services for Kafka preferably in Java (Confluent Kafka preferred).• Proficient understanding of Kafka Architecture (Confluent Kafka preferred).• Experience with Kafka development (v6 is preferred but v5 is acceptable) and Kafka administration (Confluent Kafka preferred).• Strong understanding and experience with security implementations (e.g. SSL/mutual SSL, Kerberos).• Familiar with 3rd Party Kafka Connectors (Confluent Kafka preferred but Apache Kafka acceptable).• Experience with building streaming applications with Confluent Kafka (Confluent Kafka preferred).• Development experience using Kafka producers, consumers, and streams (Confluent Kafka preferred).