Overview
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Skills
Information Technology
Access Control
Apache Kafka
Bash
Computer Science
Grafana
Linux Administration
Management
Replication
Scripting
Job Details
Job Title:- Kafka Administrator
Interview: 1 Teams interview from Synechron + 1 Zoom Interview from Client
Location: Prefer local candidates
NO H1B, CPT & OPT
Our challenge:
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy, configure and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters in a highly available environment.
- Perform Kafka upgrades and patching ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transitions.
- Administer security protocols and access controls to protect the platform.
- Monitor cluster health and performance using our established monitoring stack (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Troubleshoot and resolve cluster-related incidents such as broker outages, replication lag.
- Develop and enhance automation scripts to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual intervention.
- Assist with planning and managing cluster resources to support future growth.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Information technology or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 5+ years of Kafkaadministration experience, ideally with confluent
- Demonstrated expertise in Kafkaupgrades and production troubleshooting.
- Strong background in Linuxsystem administration.
- Proficiency in Pythonand/or Bash scripting for automation.
- Good understanding of Prometheusand Grafana for monitoring and observability.
- Certification on Confluent Kafka is a plus.
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