Description

You own the administration, security, and scaling of high-availability Kafka clusters across on-prem and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Automate Kafka installation, broker configuration, upgrades, and patching using Ansible playbooks and Python scripts.
• Deploy and manage Kafka clusters on Kubernetes (CFK) within OpenShift, managing topics, partitions, and replication factors.
• Implement and automate security protocols, including SASL/SSL, RBAC, and ACLs.
• Configure and manage Kafka Connectors (e.g., S3, JDBC, Snowflake) and data governance via the Schema Registry.
• Set up and manage Active-Passive clusters and ClusterLink for multi-region disaster recovery.

Required Skills

• 10+ years experience with Apache Kafka and Kafka administration.
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code tools, specifically Terraform and Ansible.
• Proficiency in GitOps workflows, including ArgoCD and Jenkins.
• Strong skills in Kubernetes administration, particularly on OpenShift.
• Experience with monitoring tools, specifically Prometheus and Grafana.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Shell scripting.
• Knowledge of Kafka security mechanisms: TLS, Kerberos, SASL, and RBAC.

Key Skills

Education

Any Gradute