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# Kafka Platform engineer

- **Company:** VentureSoft Global
- **Location:** Bethesda, MD, United States
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Performance Tuning, Data Streaming, Apache Zookeeper, Scripting, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Confluent
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/7efd19f6-bccb-4986-8d13-5b9b3cec605b

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform
 * Experience designing and managing large Kafka clusters
 * Deep understanding of Kafka broker architecture and internals
 * Experience with partitioning, replication, ISR, retention, and log compaction
 * Kafka performance tuning and troubleshooting experience
 * Experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, MirrorMaker, and KRaft/ZooKeeper
 * Strong understanding of distributed systems and event streaming platforms
 * Experience with monitoring, scaling, capacity planning, and disaster recovery
 * Experience with Linux, scripting, and automation
 * Knowledge of Kubernetes/Cloud Kafka deployments is preferred, + Confluent Platform or Confluent Cloud
 + Multi-region Kafka deployments
 + Kafka on Kubernetes/Strimzi
 + Infrastructure as Code and automation tools
 + Experience supporting large-scale enterprise Kafka environments

## Description

We are looking for a strong Kafka Platform Engineer who has deep hands-on experience designing, building, managing, and optimizing Kafka platforms at scale. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Kafka broker architecture, cluster management, performance tuning, replication, and Confluent ecosystem components., * Design, build, and manage Kafka platform infrastructure

 * Configure and optimize Kafka brokers and clusters
 * Handle performance tuning, scaling, and troubleshooting
 * Manage replication, partition strategy, and broker balancing
 * Implement monitoring, alerting, and platform reliability improvements
 * Support high-throughput and mission-critical streaming environments
 * Work with infrastructure and application teams for platform integration
 * Ensure security, availability, and disaster recovery readiness