Description

You own the administration, security, and scaling of high-availability Kafka clusters.

Responsibilities

• Automate Kafka installation, broker configuration, upgrades, and patching using Ansible and Python scripts.
• Deploy and manage Confluent Platform on OpenShift/Kubernetes, managing topics, partitions, and replication.
• Implement and automate security protocols, including SASL/SSL, RBAC, and ACLs.
• Configure and manage Kafka Connectors and data governance via the Schema Registry.
• Set up and manage Active-Passive clusters and ClusterLink for multi-region replication.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience administering Apache Kafka.
• Expertise with automation tools: Ansible, Terraform, GitOps, and Python scripting.
• Experience provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and managing deployments via GitOps workflows.
• Proficiency managing Kafka in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring stacks: Prometheus and Grafana.
• Strong knowledge of Linux administration and shell scripting.
• Experience implementing Kafka security using TLS, Kerberos, and SASL.
• Familiarity with Kafka Connect and Schema Registry management.

Key Skills

Education

Any Gradute