Kafka Platform Engineer

Nmk Global Inc.
Columbus, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 215K

Job location

Columbus, United States of America

Tech stack

API
Azure
Cloud Engineering
Databases
Continuous Integration
Disaster Recovery
Distributed Systems
Github
Key Management
OAuth
Performance Tuning
Role-Based Access Control
Cloud Services
Data Streaming
Software Technical Review
Transport Layer Security
Enterprise Software Applications
System Availability
Software Troubleshooting
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Gitlab
Event Driven Architecture
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Integration Frameworks
Kafka
REST
Terraform
Confluent
Microservices

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer with expertise in Apache Kafka, Confluent Cloud, Azure, and event-driven architecture. The ideal candidate will design, implement, and support enterprise Kafka platforms, build scalable streaming solutions, automate infrastructure, and ensure platform reliability, security, and performance., * Design and implement Confluent Cloud environments across Development, QA, UAT, and Production.

  • Configure and manage Kafka clusters, topics, partitions, replication, and retention policies.
  • Establish Kafka platform standards, naming conventions, and deployment procedures.
  • Implement multi-region architecture and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Integrate applications, databases, cloud services, and enterprise systems with Kafka.
  • Configure and manage Confluent Cloud Connectors.
  • Implement event-driven architecture and streaming integration solutions.
  • Monitor Kafka platform health, throughput, consumer lag, and broker utilization.
  • Troubleshoot producer, consumer, and connectivity issues.
  • Configure operational dashboards, alerts, and monitoring solutions.
  • Perform platform upgrades, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
  • Automate Kafka infrastructure deployment using Terraform.
  • Integrate Kafka deployments with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Collaborate with architects, cloud engineers, integration teams, and business stakeholders.
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Requirements

  • Strong experience with Apache Kafka administration and architecture.

  • Hands-on experience with Confluent Cloud.

  • Experience with:

  • Kafka Producers & Consumers

  • Kafka Connect

  • Schema Registry

  • Stream Governance

  • Topic Design & Partitioning Strategies

  • Experience with Microsoft Azure.

  • Knowledge of REST APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, and Data Streaming.

  • Strong understanding of Kafka security:

  • SASL/SSL

  • OAuth

  • RBAC

  • API Key Management

  • Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

  • Experience with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.

  • Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and capacity planning skills.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with enterprise-scale Kafka deployments.
  • Multi-region Kafka architecture and disaster recovery.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience with cloud-native integration platforms and distributed systems.

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