Senior Kafka DevOps Engineer

The Senior Kafka DevOps Engineer designs and develops applications to deliver integration and automation solutions across Alarm.com's infrastructure and applications stack throughout the entire life-cycle. This position works closely with Engineering, Quality Engineering, Operations and Release Management in on-boarding of new and existing life safety and home automation applications to the cloud and serves as the main liaison between Release Management, Engineering and Operations in the delivery of automation solutions and software deployment frameworks from inception to development to production to maintenance. This role also works side-by-side with Engineering and Operations in all technical aspects of the Alarm.com cloud and applications with an ever-watchful eye on their availability, latency, performance, and capacity.RESPONSIBILITIESMaintain and support our growing Kubernetes infrastructureGrow our Kubernetes pipelines and capabilitiesHelp advance our administration and reliability of our environment through automation and testingTake leadership of platform reliability, operational excellence and developer experienceUse expertise to provide technical direction to engineering teams on best practices for deploying and managing third party systems and custom software.Provide innovative solutions to increase reliability, performance and predictability of Alarm.com's systems and cloud.Architect and implement solutions to migrate on-premises workloads to the public cloud.Mentor and develop your teammatesIdentify and respond to production issues and participate in on-call support.Continue to build out our Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and other tooling.Maintain and grow our data tier services, Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, and NoSQL.Other duties as assignedQUALIFICATIONS10+ years of experienceB.A. or B.S. (or higher level degree) in Computer Science or a similar engineering program with strong academic performance preferred.Knowledge of Kubernetes infrastructure and troubleshooting using kubectlExperience with services such as Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, MySQL, NoSQL and other open-source technologies.Experience using a configuration management framework like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt.Knowledge of GitOps workflows.Experience with cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, VMware.Experience administrating Linux.Experience in monitoring and alerting practices using tools such as Data Dog, Grafana, Pager DutyIntermediate programming skills with a language like Python, PowerShell or GoExperience with Kafka/Confluent Capacity planning, installation, administration, and platform managementPreferred - Certifications in things like Kubernetes, Confluent Kafka, Cloud TechnologiesWHY WORK FOR ALARM.COM?Collaborate with outstanding people: We hire only the best. Our standards are high and our employees enjoy working alongside other high achievers.Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the Alarm.com team!Gain well-rounded experience: Alarm.com offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.Focus on fun: Alarm.com places high value on our team culture. We even have a committee dedicated to hosting a stand-out holiday party, happy hours, and other fun corporate events.Alarm.com values working together and collaborating in person. Our employees work from the office 4 days a week.COMPANY INFOAlarm.com is the leading cloud-based platform for smart security and the Internet of Things. More than 7.6 million home and business owners depend on our solutions every day to make their properties safer, smarter, and more efficient. And every day, we’re innovating new technologies in rapidly evolving spaces including AI, video analytics, facial recognition, machine learning, energy analytics, and more. We’re seeking those who are passionate about creating change through technology and who want to make a lasting impact on the world around them.For more information, please visit

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.COMPANY BENEFITSAlarm.com offers competitive pay and benefits inclusive of subsidized medical plan options, an HSA with generous company contribution, a 401(k) with employer match, and paid holidays, wellness time, and vacation increasing with tenure. Paid maternity and bonding leave, company-paid disability and life insurance, FSAs, well-being resources and activities, and a casual dress work environment are also part of our outstanding total rewards package!Alarm.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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