Kafka Platform Engineer

  • Irvine, CA
  • Posted 1 day ago | Updated 1 day ago

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent

Skills

Amazon EC2
Amazon Web Services
Apache Flink
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
Authentication
Customer Acquisition
Encryption
Grafana
Java
Kubernetes
Management
Microservices
OAuth
Python
RBAC
Stacks Blockchain
Streaming
TLS
Terraform

Job Details

Job Title: Kafka Platform Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

Required Skills:

8+ years in platform engineering with 3+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.

Proficiency in Kafka client development using Java or Python.

Expertise with Confluent Platform (Brokers, Schema Registry, Control Center, ksqlDB).

Experience deploying and managing Kafka on AWS (including MSK or self-managed EC2-based setups).

Solid understanding of Kubernetes, especially EKS, for microservices integration.

Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and schema management.

Infrastructure automation experience with Terraform and Helm.

Familiarity with monitoring and alerting stacks: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience in the FinTech domain or other regulated industries.

Understanding of security best practices including TLS, authentication (SASL, OAuth), RBAC, and encryption at rest.

Exposure to Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or other stream processing engines.

Experience establishing Kafka governance frameworks and multi-tenant topic strategies.

Must Have & Desired Skills: Confluent Kafka, Terraform, Kubernetes, EKS

Education: Nice to have Kafka Certification

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