Kafka Admin

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Design, deploy, and operate Kafka clusters (capacity, replication, security, upgrades).
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning for Kafka.
• Administer Linux systems (networking, storage, hardening, patching).
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and recovery (IaC/config management, scripting).
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement preventative fixes.
• Document runbooks and collaborate with developers on event-streaming best practices.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Strong hands-on Kafka administration in production.
• Solid Linux system administration and networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in automation/scripting (e.g., Bash/Python) and config management (e.g., Ansible).
• Observability experience (metrics, logs) and performance tuning.
• Security best practices (TLS, access control, secrets management).
• Clear troubleshooting and communication skills.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Advanced automation/IaC practices.
• AWS experience (e.g., MSK, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch).
• CI/CD pipeline design and delivery patterns.

Experience:

• 4 8 years in any flavor of Kafka & systems engineering/DevOps/SRE (flexible by seniority).
• Relevant certifications are a plus.