Kafka Platform Engineer- Atlanta, GA (Hybrid Onsite)

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Kafka
Kafka Connect
Schema Registry
MirrorMaker
Bash
Python
Ansible
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes

Job Details

Role: Kafka Platform Engineer

Locations: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid Onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

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)

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