Kafka Admin/Kafka Administrator/Kafka Consultant/Kafka Engineer

Job Title: Kafka Administrator

Location: New York, NY

Duration: Long Term

Job Responsibilities:

• We are seeking an experienced Kafka Administrator to join our infrastructure team in New York.
• The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of hands-on experience in managing, configuring, and optimizing Apache Kafka in enterprise environments.
• This role requires strong expertise in Kafka architecture, monitoring, security, and performance tuning, along with a solid understanding of distributed systems and real-time data pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and maintain Kafka clusters, brokers, topics, and zookeepers.
• Monitor Kafka system performance, availability, and capacity planning.
• Implement security best practices including authentication (Kerberos/SSL) and authorization (ACLs).
• Perform routine maintenance, upgrades, and patching of Kafka components.
• Troubleshoot issues with Kafka producers, consumers, and stream processing.
• Develop scripts and tools for automation using Shell, Python, or Ansible.
• Work closely with development and DevOps teams to support Kafka-based applications and data flows.
• Create and maintain documentation for Kafka environments and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery configurations for critical Kafka infrastructure.

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of experience in Kafka administration and distributed messaging systems.
• Proficiency with Kafka ecosystem tools (Kafka Connect, MirrorMaker, Schema Registry, etc.).
• Experience with Zookeeper management and configuration.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration.