Overview
Skills
Job Details
Job Title: Enterprise Architect (Kafka)
Contract: 6+ Months
Location: McLean, VA (Onsite)
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Architect with 10+ years of Kafka expertise to design and optimize large-scale, enterprise-grade data streaming architectures. The ideal candidate will be proficient across the Apache Kafka ecosystem, Confluent Cloud, event-driven architecture, and modern cloud platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Architect and implement Kafka/Confluent Platform solutions for enterprise environments
Design/manage Kafka clusters, brokers, topics, partitions
Lead migrations from IBM MQ, TIBCO, ActiveMQ to Kafka
Develop pipelines using Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, Flink
Ensure HA/DR, security, RBAC, ACLs across Kafka infrastructure
Integrate Kafka with Snowflake, Databricks, Hadoop, Salesforce Community Cloud
Collaborate with Cloud, Data Engineering, and DevOps
Monitor/optimize environments using Grafana, Prometheus, Confluent Control Center
Must-Have Skills
10+ years in Kafka architecture & implementation
Deep knowledge of Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, Confluent Cloud, Kafka Streams, Connect, ksqlDB, Zookeeper/KRaft
Experience with AWS/Google Cloud Platform/Azure & CICD
Strong background in Snowflake, Databricks, Hadoop
Scripting: Shell / Python
IaC: Terraform
Financial domain experience is a strong plus