Kafka

Technology->Cloud Platform->AWS Data Analytics->Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

• Design, implement, and support Kafka-based streaming solutions for high-throughput, low-latency workloads.
• Configure and manage topics, partitions, replication, retention, and compaction policies aligned to application needs.
• Ensure cluster reliability and availability through capacity planning, upgrades, patching, and proactive maintenance.
• Troubleshoot production issues including consumer lag, broker performance, rebalancing, and message delivery concerns.
• Define and enforce standards for naming, ACLs, quotas, and multi-tenant usage to ensure safe platform adoption.
• Implement monitoring and alerting for Kafka health, throughput, latency, and storage using metrics and logs.
• Partner with engineering teams to guide producer/consumer configurations and best practices for scalability and resilience.
• Drive performance tuning across brokers and clients, including partition strategy and batching/compression settings.
• Document operational runbooks, architecture patterns, and onboarding guidelines for consistent usage across teams.