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# Kafka Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Nmk Global Inc.
- **Location:** Columbus, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $215,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft 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, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Terraform, Confluent, Microservices
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usd994e1542d2d1e9033502b6d5dcf2c68

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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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