Description

You will manage and maintain the Kafka platform infrastructure and associated technical architecture components.

Responsibilities

• Implement Kafka platform provisioning, including broker, topic, and hardware sizing.
• Configure security and authorization on Kafka clusters, covering broker security, topic security, and consumer/producer ACL management.
• Manage Kafka cluster backups and mirroring using Mirror Maker.
• Maintain high availability cluster setups, providing post-implementation support and disaster recovery planning.
• Establish configuration standards for Source and Sink connectors.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 2 years with an advanced degree.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Zookeeper, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, KSQL, and REST Proxy.
• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages: Python, Ruby, Bash, or NodeJS.
• Experience with Kafka API and Kafka Mirror Maker.
• Strong understanding of OS environments including RHEL and CentOS.
• Knowledge of SAN storage, networking technology, load balancers, SSL/TLS, and firewalls.
• Experience designing and configuring technical architecture components based on business requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Experience automating deployments using Chef or Jenkins.
• Familiarity with container technologies including Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and the Hadoop ecosystem.

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate