Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Full Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Skills
Sr. Kafka Administrator
Prometheus
Grafana
Python
Linux
Access Control
Apache Kafka
Bash
Linux Administration
Management
Replication
Scripting
Job Details
Sr. Kafka Administrator for New York City, NY
Client: Banking
Interview: 1 Teams interview + 1 Zoom Interview from Client + 1 In-Person Interview from client
Location: Prefer local candidates
Our challenge:
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy, configure and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters in a highly available environment.
- Perform Kafka upgrades and patching ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transitions.
- Administer security protocols and access controls to protect the platform.
- Monitor cluster health and performance using our established monitoring stack (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Troubleshoot and resolve cluster-related incidents such as broker outages, replication lag.
- Develop and enhance automation scripts to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual intervention.
- Assist with planning and managing cluster resources to support future growth.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Information technology or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 5+ years of Kafka administration experience, ideally with confluent platform.
- Demonstrated expertise in Kafka upgrades and production troubleshooting.
- Strong background in Linux system administration.
- Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting for automation.
- Good understanding of Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability.
- Certification on Confluent Kafka is a plus.
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