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AWS Kafka Engineer/Administrators (Mid level)
Expert In Recruitment Solutions
- 🇺🇸 United States
- On-site
- Mid level
- 5 hours ago
- AWS
- Apache Kafka
- Confluent
- Kafka Connect
- Trino
- OpenSearch
- TLS
- Secrets Management
- Terraform
- Ansible
- CI/CD
- Python
- Disaster Recovery
- Git
- ACLS
- RBAC
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Kubernetes
- Red Hat OpenShift
- GitLab
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Argo
- GitOps
5 hours ago
The expectation is that the first interview will be virtual and the 2nd will be face to face, so the candidate MUST be able to attend an in-person interview in either of these 2 locations.
For each candidate, please submit the resume in Word format, along with the following supporting documents and candidate details:
• Valid photo ID (such as a driver's license) for identity verification
• H-1B candidates: Copy of the latest I-797 approval notice
• EAD candidates: Copy of the valid EAD card
• Full Name:
• Email:
• Contact Number:
• Current Location:
• Visa Status: H-1B / Any EAD
• Candidate Rate:
• Availability to Start:
• LinkedIn URL:
• Type: C2C / W2
Key Responsibilities:
• Design, deploy, configure, upgrade, and maintain highly available, scalable Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform clusters for real-time data processing across production and non-production environments.
• Monitor platform health, broker performance, replication, partition balance, throughput, storage utilization, consumer lag, and connector status; troubleshoot incidents and tune the platform for reliability, performance, and minimal downtime.
• Build and support Kafka topics, partitions, replication policies, schemas, service accounts, and Kafka Connect integrations, including connectors for Amazon S3, Trino, and OpenSearch; assist application and data teams with producer and consumer integration.
• Implement and maintain platform security and compliance controls, including TLS encryption, SASL authentication, access control lists, role-based access control, secrets management, auditability, and secure certificate lifecycle practices.
• Automate cluster provisioning, configuration, scaling, upgrades, patching, and operational tasks using Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Python or shell scripting.
• Plan and test backup, recovery, failover, cross-cluster replication, and disaster recovery procedures to support defined service-level objectives and business continuity requirements.
• Participate in production support and on-call rotation, lead technical troubleshooting, document root cause analyses, and coordinate resolution with application teams, infrastructure teams, incident managers, vendors, and cloud support personnel.
• Provide technical guidance on Kafka architecture and operational best practices; maintain runbooks, standards, diagrams, capacity plans, and support documentation; and remain current with Apache Kafka and Confluent capabilities.
Required Qualifications:
• 3+ years of hands-on experience administering enterprise Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform environments, including production cluster design, capacity planning, upgrades, patching, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
• 3+ years of experience troubleshooting complex Kafka issues involving broker availability, replication, partitioning, rebalance behavior, consumer lag, throughput, latency, storage, and Kafka Connect task failures.
• 3+ years of experience automating infrastructure and platform operations with Terraform and Ansible, supported by Git-based CI/CD pipelines and Python or shell scripting.
• Demonstrated experience designing and supporting highly available Kafka architectures, including cross-cluster replication, failover, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery testing.
• Deep understanding of Kafka security and governance, including TLS, SASL, ACLs, RBAC, Schema Registry compatibility, service accounts, credential management, and audit controls.
• Experience designing and operating observability capabilities using Prometheus, Grafana, Confluent Control Center, OpenSearch, or equivalent solutions, including actionable dashboards and alert thresholds.
• Proven ability to define engineering standards, advise application teams on producer and consumer patterns, review platform designs, and lead technical resolution across multiple teams.
• Proven excellence in client-facing communication, technical documentation, incident leadership, root cause analysis, and consulting skills in English.
• Ability to work in office, participate in an on-call rotation, and collaborate with senior client resources and vendor support teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with Confluent Platform or Confluent Cloud components such as Food and Beverage or ZooKeeper, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Control Center, Cluster Linking, and stream-processing capabilities.
• Experience operating Kafka on AWS, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, or another cloud or container platform; AWS Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) experience is beneficial.
• Experience with GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, or comparable CI/CD and GitOps tooling.
• Experience integrating Kafka with Amazon S3, Trino, OpenSearch, relational databases, IBM MQ, data warehouses, or other enterprise source and sink systems.
• Familiarity with data governance, schema evolution, topic naming and retention standards, capacity forecasting, service-level objectives, and platform cost optimization.
• Relevant certification or formal training in Apache Kafka, Confluent, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, or related technologies. --
AWS Kafka Engineer/Administrators (Mid level) · Expert In Recruitment Solutions