Senior Confluent Kafka Administrator / Confluent Kafka Integration Engineer
Location - 100 % Remote
Duration : Long term Ongoing with no end date
Compensation*
Rate : $65/hr to $75/hr
*This is the targeted compensation range for this role per hour. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance; 401(k)
Required Experience
• 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise messaging and event-driven platforms.
• 3+ years of hands-on administration experience with Confluent Kafka.
• Experience managing multi-environment Kafka deployments (Development, QA, Performance, DR, and Production).
• Experience with Kafka cluster sizing, broker management, partition strategy, replication, retention policies, and capacity planning.
• Experience in troubleshooting producer, consumer, broker, and cluster-level issues.
• Experience with Confluent Control Center, Schema Registry, Connect, ksqlDB, and stream processing technologies.
• Experience implementing high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-cluster replication strategies.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka security, including TLS, mTLS, RBAC, ACLs, encryption, and authentication mechanisms.
• Experience integrating Kafka with Kubernetes/OpenShift, cloud platforms, observability tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, data contracts, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Preferred candidates with confluent certifications
"We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law."
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