Albertsons Companies, Inc.

Staff Engineer-Cloud

Albertsons Companies, Inc.$100K — $130K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Kafka and MQ Administration and support
  • Experience with Confluent platform 7.x on containers is a big plus
  • Expertise in building clusters with CI/CD tools
  • Proficient in automating repetitive tasks with Ansible and GitHub
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka on containers and VMs

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build and maintain Kafka cluster on containers and VMs in multi-cloud
  • Manage Kafka and MQ operations, including monitoring failures and message reprocessing
  • Automate daily operations using Ansible and GitHub
  • Coordinate with application teams for infrastructure maintenance
  • Ingest metrics to Grafana dashboards for monitoring

Benefits

  • Competitive wages paid weekly
  • Access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday
  • Associate discounts
  • Health and financial well-being benefits (Medical, Dental, 401k)
  • Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay)
  • Career growth and training opportunities
  • Inclusive work environment with diverse colleagues
Full Job Description
Job Description

Main responsibilities:

Kafka Administration and Support
  • Architect, build and maintain Kafka cluster on containers and VMs in multi-cloud
  • Help Onboard application topics, connectors.
  • Identify root causes/ debugging of problems and troubleshoot, considering both long and short-term impact of proposed solutions and developed workable solutions
  • Monitor failures; help with message reprocessing.
  • Manage Kafka operations, including VM, containers, connect cluster, cluster-linking health.
  • Automate the daily operation related activities using ansible and Github.
  • Co-ordinate with application teams to ensure the infrastructure is with the latest maintenance level.
  • Perform upgrades and patching
  • Ingest Kafka monitoring metrics to Grafana dashboard
  • Enable Oauth and RBAC policy for applications
  • Install certs, upgrade certs and enable SASL connectivity


MQ/Active MQ/ IBM ACE Administration and Support
  • Architect, build and maintain Active MQ cluster on containers and VMs.
  • Help Onboard application topics, create queues.
  • Identify root causes/ debugging of problems and troubleshoot, considering both long and short-term impact of proposed solutions and developed workable solutions
  • Monitor failures; help with message reprocessing.
  • Manage MQ/ACE operations, flows, queues and topics.
  • Automate the daily operation related activities using ansible and Github.
  • Co-ordinate with application teams to ensure the infrastructure is with the latest maintenance level.
  • Perform upgrades and patching
  • Ingest MQ monitoring metrics to Grafana dashboard.
  • Enable LDAP authentication for applications
  • Install certs, enable SSL connectivity

We are looking for candidates who possess the following:
  • 10 plus years of experience in Kafka and MQ Administration, and support.
  • Experience in Confluent platform 7.x on containers is a big plus.
  • Experience in Apache Kafka on containers a big plus.
  • Experience building clusters using ci/cd tools
  • Automation of repetitive tasks like topic creation, connector creation, rbac provisioning
  • Experience with Schema registry and KSQL
  • Experience with Ansible, cp-ansible.
  • Experience in setting up DR / Active-Active clusters
  • Experience with Cluster linking and Schema linking
  • Able to troubleshoot producer and consumer issues and provides suggestions to developers on the tuning parameters
  • Experience setting up various connectors: MQ, Jdbc, Splunk, BQ, Blob, etc. .
  • Able to support high priority production issues and bring it closure and provide RCA & fix
  • Experience with KSQL (Kafka streams) and Rest proxy
  • Experience in MQ platform 9.x on azure cloud is a big plus
  • Experience in ACE 11x is a big plus.
  • Experience building clusters and maintaining large cluster environments, HA clusters and RDQM is a big plus.
  • Automation of repetitive tasks like topic creation, queue creation, and flow creation.
    Retail and/or grocery industry experience is strongly preferred.
  • Expert on Kafka, MQ components, architecture, and implementation.
  • Experience in schema registry operations
  • Experience with operating on containers AKS and GKE
  • Knowledge of various integration patterns, data transfer protocols
  • Knowledge of integration with IBM MQ, dataflow, Azure data factory
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka on containers and VMs


Business Acumen & Communication
  • Skilled at understanding business challenges and translating them into solutions that create measurable impact.
  • Prior collaboration experience with business teams to ensure effective integration with business applications.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to work independently while seeking direction when necessary.


We also provide a variety of benefits including:
  • Competitive wages paid weekly

• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
  • Associate discounts
  • Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
  • Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
  • Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
  • An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve


A copy of the full job description can be made available to you.

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Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.

About Albertsons Companies, Inc.

Albertsons Companies, Inc. Careers

Join the vibrant team at Albertsons Companies, Inc., a leading name in the retail industry, where job opportunities abound and career growth is not just a possibility but a promise. As one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, we pride ourselves on fostering an inclusive culture that thrives on diversity, innovation, and leadership.

Work You’ll Do

At Albertsons Companies, Inc., you will be part of a dynamic team that pushes the boundaries of what a retailer can accomplish. With positions ranging from entry-level to senior management, our company offers a path for every ambitious professional eager to advance their career in a supportive and growth-oriented environment.

Explore Professional Growth and Development

We believe in nurturing the potential of our employees through targeted development programs and leadership training. Our commitment to professional growth is evident in our comprehensive benefits package, which supports both personal and professional development. Additionally, our diversity training ensures that everyone, from interns to executives, understands and values the richness that different perspectives bring to our company.

Innovate with Us

Innovation is at the heart of Albertsons Companies, Inc. Whether it’s through cutting-edge technology implementations in our stores or pioneering sustainability practices, our team is always at the forefront of the industry. Join us and contribute to our mission of redefining the grocery shopping experience for millions of customers nationwide.

Be Part of a Great Team

Our employees are our greatest asset, and we empower each one to contribute ideas that drive change and improve our operations. Albertsons Companies, Inc. is not just a company; it’s a community where each member’s input is valued and where every job role is essential to our collective success.

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