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Kafka Architect



Job description

Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled
Kafka Engineer / Architect
who can design, build, and operate enterprise-scale streaming platforms.

This role is hands-on and combines responsibilities across
architecture, cluster installation, administration, and application development .

The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of Kafka internals, Confluent Platform components, and event-driven application design.


Architecture & Design
Design scalable and fault-tolerant
Confluent Platform / Confluent Cloud
architectures (on-prem, cloud, hybrid).


Define
data streaming strategies
including topic design, partitioning, replication, retention, and compaction policies.


Architect
disaster recovery (DR), geo-replication, and high availability
solutions.


Establish
security, governance, and compliance models
(TLS, mTLS, SASL, RBAC, ACLs).


Installation & Management
Install, configure, and upgrade
Confluent Platform components
(Brokers, Schema Registry, Connect, ksqlDB, Control Center).


Manage Kafka clusters in
bare metal, VM, Kubernetes (CFK/Strimzi), or cloud environments .


Implement
monitoring, alerting, and observability
(Prometheus, Grafana, Control Center, Splunk, Datadog).


Perform
capacity planning, scaling, and performance tuning
of Kafka clusters.


Ensure
data reliability and cluster stability
through proactive health checks and troubleshooting.


Development & Integration
Build
producers, consumers, and stream-processing applications
using Java, Python, Kafka Streams, or ksqlDB.


Develop
Kafka Connect pipelines
for integrating databases, APIs, and data lakes/warehouses.


Implement
schema evolution and governance
using Confluent Schema Registry (Avro, Protobuf, JSON Schema).


Partner with developers to build
event-driven microservices
and optimize client-side performance.


Establish CI/CD pipelines and automate deployments using
Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or GitOps .


Operations & Support
Provide
day-to-day operational support
for Kafka environments.


Lead
incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and recovery
efforts.


Manage
security patches, upgrades, and audit compliance .


Tune
stateful streaming workloads
(RocksDB, memory, JVM, network).


Work with cross-functional teams (data, security, infra) to ensure enterprise adoption.


Required Skills & Experience
7+ years in software engineering or infrastructure roles, with
3–5 years focused on Kafka/Confluent .


Strong hands-on expertise in
Kafka cluster administration
and
application development .


Proficiency in
Confluent Platform components : Brokers, Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB, Control Center.


Solid understanding of
Kafka internals
(ISR, partitioning, leader election, log compaction).


Experience with
security protocols : TLS, mTLS, SASL (SCRAM, Kerberos, OAuth), ACLs, RBAC.


Strong programming skills in
Java, Scala, or Python .


Familiarity with
event-driven patterns
(CDC, CQRS, event sourcing).


Experience with
Kubernetes (CFK)
and IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Helm).


Knowledge of
stream processing
(Kafka Streams, Flink, Spark Streaming).


Strong problem-solving skills with ability to dive into
cluster issues, performance bottlenecks, and production outages .


Preferred Qualifications
Exposure to
CI/CD pipelines
and DevOps practices.


Why This Role?
You’ll work end-to-end:
architecting, installing, managing, and developing
Kafka-based solutions.


Direct impact on building
real-time, event-driven enterprise platforms .


Opportunity to work with
cutting-edge Confluent technologies
at scale.


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