Kafka Engineer - Alpharetta, GA (Onsite)

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Python
CLOUD
Kafka
Infrastructure
BASH
Kafka internals
replication
Kafka ecosystem tools
containerization

Job Details

Role Name: Kafka Platform Engineer
Location: Alpharetta, GA (Onsite)
Duration: 6-12 Months Key Responsibilities:
• Design, deploy, and manage Kafka clusters in production and non-production environments.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of the Kafka platform.
• Develop automation for provisioning, monitoring, and maintaining Kafka infrastructure.
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard them to Kafka and support their use cases.
• Implement security best practices including authentication, authorization, and encryption.
• Monitor system health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kafka brokers, producers, consumers, and connectors.
• Maintain and enhance Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and Kafka Streams infrastructure.
• Participate in capacity planning and disaster recovery strategies.

Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering roles.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience managing Kafka in production environments.
• Strong understanding of Kafka internals, including partitions, replication, ISR, and retention policies.
• Experience with Kafka ecosystem tools (Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, MirrorMaker, etc.).
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)

 

Best Regards,

Vishal

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