As a Senior Platform Engineer specializing in Kafka and Flink at Fiserv’s Global Event Streaming Services team, you will design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot highly scalable real-time streaming infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. Your daily tasks include building CI/CD pipelines for seamless integration, automating infrastructure provisioning with tools like Terraform and Ansible, optimizing performance through monitoring solutions such as Grafana and Dynatrace, and collaborating closely with application teams to support mission-critical workloads. You will leverage technologies including Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Flink, Snowflake, and Mirror Maker 2.0 while ensuring observability and documenting technical processes. The role requires expertise in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation tools like Rundeck and Ansible, along with a strong understanding of Linux OS, Active Directory domains, and security protocols. This position demands hands-on experience in middleware products, scripting languages, and cloud platforms to deliver robust event streaming solutions for the financial services industry.
Design and manage Kafka and Flink clusters in cloud and on-prem environments.
Build CI/CD pipelines for automated integration of Event Streaming services.
Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
Monitor and optimize performance of Kafka and Flink platforms continuously.
Collaborate with teams to support mission-critical event streaming workloads.
Ensure system observability through monitoring tools like Grafana and Dynatrace.
What we're looking for
6+ years of experience with middleware, messaging, streaming, and API management products.
Extensive knowledge in containerization, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, PCF platforms.
Proficiency in automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet for IaaC.
Strong scripting skills in Python, Perl, Shell, PowerShell for infrastructure tasks.
Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Moogsoft, Dynatrace for observability.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field and relevant work experience.
Market check
Salary context
This
$110,000–$186,000
range sits above
32%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$117,000–$225,000
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$142,400–$211,200
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Based on 240 comparable postings.*
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About Fiserv
Fiserv is a global leader in financial services technology, providing core banking platforms, payment processing, digital banking, and merchant acquiring solutions to financial institutions and businesses. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments
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