Onsite Production Support Engineer, Kafka

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About the role

  • Production Support Engineer supporting Kafka-based data pipelines and job scheduling workflows. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure operational success at Fiserv.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in core production management functions including incident, change, and problem management, collaborating closely with cross‑functional teams to support metrics‑based tracking, planning, risk mitigation, and certification readiness for top‑tier clients.
  • Support Kafka clusters, topics, consumer groups, and message flows to maintain high availability and consistent data processing across production systems.
  • Oversee and troubleshoot job scheduling workflows—with Chronos preferred but optional—ensuring SLA adherence, timely batch execution, dependency handling, and automated recovery for failed tasks.
  • Perform plan reviews and submit high‑quality changes that improve platform resiliency, change hygiene, and operational success for both Kafka and scheduling workloads.
  • Collaborate with production assurance teams to maintain production run books, change registers, automation assets, and process improvements; conduct detailed impact and root‑cause analysis for issues involving data streaming or scheduling components.
  • Provide production support for innovative, high‑quality, large‑scale financial solutions in partnership with engineering and operations professionals.
  • Execute proactive monitoring using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, and Moogsoft, including building alerts and dashboards to monitor Kafka lag, consumer health, broker performance, and scheduling job status.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in an enterprise IT environment.
  • 4+ years of experience with Unix and Windows, including scheduling tools (Chronos optional; equivalents accepted).
  • 4+ years of experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, and Moogsoft.
  • 4+ years of experience working with incident, change, and problem management processes and ticketing systems such as ServiceNow, Remedy, or CA Service Desk.
  • 3+ years of hands‑on experience with Kafka.
  • 3+ years of experience in production management, application/platform monitoring, and participation in on‑call rotations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education, military, and work experience.

Benefits

  • Fuel Your Life program to support your physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being.
  • Paid holidays and generous time away policies.
  • No-cost mental health support through Employee Assistance Programs.
  • Living Proof program to recognize your peers’ extra effort with points redeemable for rewards.
  • Eight Employee Resource Groups to foster a collaborative culture and expand your network.
  • Unparalleled professional growth with training, development, and internal mobility opportunities.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance options available from day one.
  • Retirement planning and discounted shares with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Tuition assistance and reimbursement program.
  • Paid parental, caregiver, and military leave.

Job title

Production Support Engineer, Kafka

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$97,500 - $164,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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