PNC Software Engineer Principal - Kafka/Oracle 

United States, Alabama, Birmingham 

898083369

As a Software Engineer Principal, you will work on our Data Streaming Platform (DSP). In this position, you will be responsible for making sure that data is uploaded properly to the DSP and available as soon as it’s sent. You will develop tools and processes that will enhance availability, as well as optimize the streaming apps, APIs, SQL, etc. Additionally, you will work with our technology partners to perform upgrades to various underlying platforms, as well as work with the business and development teams that are adding data and functionality that requires DSP work. The developer is one of the most critical roles on the Data Streaming Platform team.· Core Java Skills
o Strong understanding of Java· Apache Kafka Basics
o Understanding of Kafka architecture (brokers, partitions, topics,
producers, consumers)
o Experience with Kafka Producers and Consumers using the Kafka
Java client
o Knowledge of Kafka topic configurations (retention, replication,
partitioning) (High level)
o Understanding of the Kafka Streams· Distributed Processing Concepts
o Familiarity with event-driven architecture
o Knowledge of exactly-once processing vs at-least-once processing
o Understanding of stream-table duality (Kafka Streams vs. KTables)
o Schema Management
o Experience with Avro, Protobuf, or JSON for structured messages· Integration with External Systems
o Connecting Kafka Streams with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB,o Using Kafka Connect for external data integration
o Knowledge of REST APIs and how to expose data from Kafka
· DevOps and Deployment
o Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerizedo Using CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
o Logging and tracing using ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or
OpenTelemetry (High level understanding)· Testing Kafka Streams Applications
o Writing unit tests with Mockito and JUnit
o Using TestContainers for integration testing with Kafka
o Validating Kafka Streams topologies using TopologyTestDriver· API development:
o Experience building REST APIs using Spring Boot
o Experience with Spring Data/Spring Data JPA for connecting to and
reading from databases via APIs
o Experience writing unit tests using JUnit/Spock
o Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
o Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databasesJob Description

• Aligns business strategy with software solutions.
• Proposes, designs & codes software solutions to address complex business needs. Oversees technical and procedural documentation required.
• Leads complex problem solving.
• Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.
• Displays an innovative approach to apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and requiredneeded to be successful in this position.

Application Design, Architecture, Packaged Application Integration, Product and Vendor Evaluation, Software Process Improvement (SPI), System Development Life Cycle, Technical TroubleshootingRoles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.No Required Certification(s)No Required License(s)
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