Kafka Administrator-Automation

ROLE: Kafka Admin -Automation

Location: Tampa, FL / Jersey City, NJ - onsite 5 days per week

Duration: 6 months

Kafka Admin - Automation

Role Descriptions: Kafka Administrator with automation focus manages| secures| and scales high-availability Kafka clusters (on-premcloud) using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Ansible| Terraform| and GitOps to minimize manual work. They specialize in deploying Kafka on Kubernetes (CFK)| automating topic partition management| monitoring performance with Prometheus Grafana| and implementing security (ACLsRBAC). TechfetchTechfetch6

Core Responsibilities Automation Tasks Automation Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Use Ansible playbooks and Python scripts to automate Kafka installation| broker configuration| upgrades| and patching. Implement Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and GitOps workflows (ArgoCDJenkins) for continuous deployment. Cluster Management Deployment Deploy and manage Confluent Platform using Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK) on OpenShift Kubernetes. Manage Kraft (Kafka Raft) mode| topics| partitions| and replication factors to ensure high availability. Monitoring Performance Tuning Utilize Prometheus| Grafana| and Confluent Control Center for proactive monitoring of broker health| consumer lag| and producer latency.Security Compliance Implement and automate security protocols including SASLSSL| RBAC| ACLs| and certificate management. Kafka Connect Schema Registry Configure| manage| and automate the deployment of Kafka Connectors (e.g.| S3| JDBC| Snowflake) and manage data governance via Confluent Schema Registry.Disaster Recovery Set up and manage Active-Passive clusters and ClusterLink for multi-region replication. TechfetchTechfetch8Required Technical Skills Expertise 10 years in Apache KafkaConfluent Kafka administration. Independent lead Performer Automation Tools Ansible| Terraform| GitOps| Shell scripting| Python. Infrastructure Kubernetes (OpenShift)| Linux. Monitoring Prometheus| Grafana| JMX. Networking Security TLS| Kerberos| SASL| RBAC.