Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Kafka Administrator to lead the design implementation and management of highly scalable and resilient Kafka ecosystems
This role requires deep expertise in distributed systems strong troubleshooting capabilities and the ability to architect enterprise grade streaming platforms
You will play a key role in ensuring system reliability optimizing performance and guiding teams on best practices for real time data streaming

Key Responsibilities:

Design deploy and manage large scale Kafka clusters across on premise and cloud environments
Lead architecture decisions for high availability scalability and fault tolerance
Monitor troubleshoot and optimize Kafka clusters to achieve optimal performance and uptime
Handle capacity planning cluster sizing and performance tuning
Manage advanced configurations including multi cluster replication MirrorMaker tiered storage and KRaft mode
Configure and enforce security best practices SASL SSL TLS RBAC ACLs
Implement robust backup disaster recovery and failover strategies
Collaborate with engineering teams to design efficient event driven architectures and streaming pipelines
Resolve complex production issues and lead root cause analysis RCA
Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational tasks using tools like Terraform Ansible or scripts
Lead Kafka upgrades migrations and platform enhancements with minimal downtime
Establish and maintain monitoring alerting and logging frameworks
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership
Create and maintain detailed documentation and operational runbooks

Primary skills Technology Java Apache
5 9 years of IT experience with at least 3 years in Kafka administration engineering
Strong expertise in Apache Kafka internals brokers partitions replication ISR
Deep understanding of distributed systems messaging frameworks and event streaming
Experience with Kafka ecosystem tools Kafka Connect Kafka Streams Schema Registry
Hands on experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK or Splunk
Strong Linux Unix administration skills
Experience with cloud platforms AWS MSK Azure Event Hubs Kafka GCP Pub Sub Kafka integration
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration Docker Kubernetes
Expertise in scripting programming Python Bash or Java preferred
Strong problem solving skills with the ability to handle critical incidents

Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science IT or a related field or equivalent practical experience

Technology->Java->Apache->Kafka