Jobs → Operations → Kafka Engineer/Administrator

About the Role We are looking for a hands-on Kafka Engineer/Administrator to support production Kafka clusters across on-premises Cloudera/Confluent and AWS MSK environments. Key Responsibilities • Support production Kafka clusters across on-premises Cloudera/Confluent and AWS MSK environments • Perform Kafka cluster administration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning • Resolve consumer lag and replication issues • Provide ongoing cloud modernization support Requirements • Strong hands-on Apache Kafka administration and production troubleshooting experience • Experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation • GitLab CI/CD pipeline experience • Strong scripting and coding skills using Bash and/or Python • AWS fundamentals, preferably AWS MSK • Experience with Linux, cluster balancing, partitions, replication, ISR, and consumer groups • Good communication and teamwork skills Preferred • Cloudera, Confluent, AWS MSK, Datadog, MirrorMaker 2, and Kafka migration experience