2 of 2 Configuration Management Jobs in Lancashire

take you. Job Description: This role is responsible for supporting the successful delivery of IT and business change projects through effective planning, governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Working across the full project lifecycle, the postholder will help ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line … with agreed objectives and quality standards. Core duties: Provide expert guidance on project management tools, processes, and methodologies, ensuring adherence to best practice standards. Coordinate governance and assurance activities, including project boards, quality reviews, and stakeholder engagement forums Monitor and manage project budgets, risks, dependencies, assumptions, issues, and opportunities ...

1. Core Kafka Expertise (Must-Have) • Kafka architecture: brokers, topics, partitions, replication • Kafka components: Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Streams, ZooKeeper/Kraft • Topic & partition management, consumer groups • Performance tuning, retention, throughput optimisation • Cluster setup, upgrades, scaling and failover • Troubleshooting (e.g. lag, ISR, leader issues) • Security: SSL/TLS, ACLs … authentication, encryption 2. DevOps & Automation Skills (Must-Have) • CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.) • Configuration management and deployment automation 3. Kubernetes & Container Platform Expertise (Must-Have) • Understanding of Kubernetes technologies • Helm charts, ArgoCD/GitOps workflows • ConfigMaps, Secrets, cert management • Rolling updates ...