Job Title: Senior Kafka Solution Architect With .NET
Location: 100% Remote USA
Experience: 14+ Years Must
Work Mode: Fully Remote
Note: Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Kafka Solution Architect with strong hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka and a solid background in Microsoft .NET technologies.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing, architecting, implementing, and managing enterprise-grade event-driven architectures and real-time streaming solutions using Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform. Candidates must have prior hands-on development experience with .NET / C#, along with the ability to integrate Kafka-based messaging and streaming solutions into .NET applications and enterprise systems.
The candidate will be responsible for defining end-to-end Kafka architecture, designing scalable and highly available distributed messaging solutions, establishing architectural standards, and providing technical leadership to development teams.
Key Responsibilities
Design and implement enterprise-grade solutions using Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka.
Define end-to-end Kafka architecture, including event-driven architecture, messaging, and real-time data streaming.
Provide hands-on technical leadership for Kafka implementation, configuration, deployment, and optimization.
Design and develop Kafka producers, consumers, topics, partitions, and consumer groups.
Integrate Kafka messaging and streaming capabilities with .NET / C# applications and microservices.
Leverage Confluent Platform components, including Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams.
Design event-driven microservices architecture using Kafka and .NET technologies.
Implement secure, scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available Kafka clusters.
Define messaging standards, event schemas, serialization, and data governance practices.
Optimize Kafka performance, throughput, latency, and resource utilization.
Implement Kafka security using SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs, and authentication mechanisms.
Collaborate with application development, cloud, DevOps, and enterprise architecture teams.
Troubleshoot complex Kafka integration, messaging, and distributed system issues.
Required Technical Skills
Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka architecture and implementation.
Extensive experience with Confluent Kafka / Confluent Platform.
Strong professional background in Microsoft .NET / .NET Core / .NET 6+ and C#.
Experience integrating Apache Kafka with .NET applications and microservices.
Strong knowledge of Kafka Producers, Consumers, Topics, Partitions, and Consumer Groups.
Hands-on experience with Confluent Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams.
Strong understanding of Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), Microservices, and Distributed Systems.
Experience with REST APIs, messaging patterns, and asynchronous communication.
Knowledge of Avro, JSON, Protobuf, and event serialization formats.
Experience with Kafka cluster management, monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
Understanding of Kafka security, fault tolerance, replication, and disaster recovery.
Preferred Skills
Experience with AWS, Azure, or other cloud platforms.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Experience with Redis, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or other enterprise databases.
Experience designing large-scale enterprise integration solutions.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
Candidate Requirements
10+ years of overall IT experience.
Strong hands-on Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka experience.
Must have a .NET / C# development background or substantial professional .NET experience.
Must have experience integrating Kafka with .NET-based applications.
Previous experience as a Kafka Architect, Solution Architect, or Technical Lead.
Ability to lead architecture discussions and provide hands-on technical guidance.
Must be available to work remotely within the USA.
Work Location: 100% Remote USA
Important: Candidates must have both strong Apache Kafka / Confluent Kafka expertise and a .NET development background. Candidates with Kafka architecture experience alone, without .NET experience, will not be considered.
