6+ years of Professional Services Experience/Integration/Delivery experience Deep experience designing, building, and operating in-production Big Data, stream processing, and/or enterprise data integration solutions, ideally using Apache Kafka Demonstrated experience successfully managing multiple B2B infrastructure software development projects Experience operating Linux (configure, tune, and troubleshoot both RedHat and Debian-based distributions) Experience using cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) Experience with distributed systems (Kafka, Hadoop, Cassandra, etc.) Proficiency in Java or Python Excellent communication skills Ability to quickly learn new technologies Ability and willingness to travel to meet with customers