Kafka Cloud Architect | Onsite | MD

Overview

On Site
$70 - $80
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Able to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

Apache Kafka
Apache Flink
Amazon Web Services
Apache ZooKeeper
Apache Avro
DevOps
Grafana
Terraform
JSON
JUnit
Kubernetes
IBM DB2
Docker
Apache HTTP Server
Kafka Architect
Ansible
Cloud Security

Job Details

Job Title: Kafka Cloud Architect
Location: MD (Onsite)

Key Required Skills

  • Confluent Kafka

  • Apache Flink

  • Kafka Connect

  • Python

  • Java and SpringBoot

Position Overview

  • Lead and organize a team of Kafka admins and developers.

  • Run weekly Kafka technical review meetings.

  • Collaborate with the client to expand Kafka usage across the agency.

  • Explore new Kafka-related technologies within the organization.

  • Design and implement next-gen data streaming and event-based architectures using Confluent Kafka.

  • Develop strategy for streaming data into data warehouses and integrating with microservice-based applications.

  • Set Kafka best practices and standards for implementation and integration.

  • Mentor the team on event-driven architecture, event modeling, and data integrity.

  • Provide expertise in application integration, SOA, data ingestion/modeling, and security.

  • Troubleshoot platform issues across components.

  • Present technical concepts clearly to leadership and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Host workshops and share insights on Kafka-based solutions.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor s in CS, Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience (or Master s with 10+).

  • 12+ years of experience in software development.

  • 7+ years of experience with Kafka (Confluent or Apache).

  • 2+ years of experience with AWS cloud deployments.

  • 1+ year of technical leadership experience.

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Technical Skills Required

  • Deep hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka in production environments.

  • Expertise in Kafka security, performance tuning, and internal architecture.

  • Strong understanding of Event-Driven Architecture.

  • Experience with Kafka on OpenShift/Kubernetes.

  • Proficient with Kafka Connect, KStreams, KSQL.

  • Experience scaling Kafka components (Broker, Connect, ZooKeeper, etc.).

  • Experience building and deploying Kafka connectors.

  • Familiarity with Avro, JSON, data compression techniques.

  • AWS: ECS, EKS, Flink, S3, Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL).

  • Relational DBs: PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle.

  • ORM tools: JPA2, Hibernate, Spring JPA.

Preferred Skills (Bonus Points)

  • Disaster recovery planning for Kafka.

  • Domain Driven Design (DDD).

  • AWS certifications.

  • CI/CD and DevOps best practices.

  • PaaS experience: OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker.

  • Configuration management: Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation.

  • Spring Framework: Boot, Batch, Cloud, Security, Data.

  • Strong with Java EE, generics, and concurrency.

  • TDD/BDD and tools like JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, Selenium.

  • Monitoring/Visualization: Prometheus, Grafana.

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