Description

Architect and implement enterprise-scale Confluent Kafka infrastructure and event-driven integration solutions for complex CRM and HR applications.

This role is on-site.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design enterprise-scale Confluent Kafka infrastructure, including multi-region, multi-datacenter, and hybrid cloud deployments.
• Design end-to-end event streaming solutions using Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, and Apache Flink for real-time data integration.
• Implement security architectures with SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, and ACL-based authorization, ensuring compliance with GDPR, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA.
• Optimize cluster performance, throughput, and latency by tuning producer/consumer configurations, JVM settings, and partition strategies.
• Design high-availability and disaster recovery strategies, including backup, replication, and failover mechanisms for critical business applications.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale Kafka solutions.
• Deep expertise in Confluent Platform components: Confluent Server, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, and Control Center.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and database technologies including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as ELK Stack and Splunk.
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch for log management and data indexing.
• Understanding of event sourcing, CQRS patterns, and microservices integration.
• Ability to design schema management strategies using Avro, Protobuf, and JSON Schema.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with ZooKeeper/KRaft migration and cluster scaling patterns.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks and audit logging for streaming data.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and capacity planning for future growth.

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate