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# Kafka Developer

- **Company:** Purple Drive Technologies LLC
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Network Troubleshooting, Role-Based Access Control, Spring-boot, Performance Monitor, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Restful APIs, Confluent, Microservices
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us7f9d6fe3f1cac711ad737ebe299dad80

## About the Role

Skills: Java Rest web services~Digital : Kafka~Digital : Spring Boot~Digital : Cloud Computing (General)

## Description

Manage Confluent Cloud environments, clusters, topics, service accounts, API keys, ACLs, and RBAC.

 * Implement Kafka governance, onboarding, security, and compliance standards.
 * Monitor cluster health, throughput, storage, consumer lag, and performance.
 * Administer Schema Registry, Cluster Linking, Stream Governance, and Data Contracts.
 * Configure, onboard, and troubleshoot Kafka Connect source/sink connectors.
 * Resolve producer, consumer, networking, authentication, and authorization issues.
 * Develop Kafka-based microservices, REST APIs, Producers, Consumers, and Kafka Streams applications., * Confluent Cloud
 * Kafka Clusters
 * Topics
 * Service Accounts
 * API Keys
 * ACLs
 * RBAC

Governance & Security

 * Kafka Governance
 * Onboarding
 * Security
 * Compliance Standards

Monitoring & Performance

 * Cluster Health Monitoring
 * Throughput Monitoring
 * Storage Monitoring
 * Consumer Lag Monitoring
 * Performance Monitoring

Schema & Data Management

 * Schema Registry
 * Cluster Linking
 * Stream Governance
 * Data Contracts

Kafka Connect

 * Kafka Connect
 * Source Connectors
 * Sink Connectors

Troubleshooting

 * Producer Issues
 * Consumer Issues
 * Networking Issues
 * Authentication Issues
 * Authorization Issues

Development

 * Kafka-Based Microservices
 * REST APIs
 * Producers
 * Consumers
 * Kafka Streams Applications