Senior Confluent Kafka Engineer (Remote) || Richardson, TX (Need Local to TX)

Position Summary
Design, implement, and maintain Confluent Kafka environments across cloud (Google Cloud Platform preferred) and on-premises platforms. Build scalable, real-time data streaming architectures for high-volume processing and analytics. Ensure reliable, secure, high-performance infrastructure in mission-critical enterprise settings.

Key Requirements
6+ years Apache Kafka (Confluent preferred with RBAC) Required
4+ years Confluent Cloud deployments Required
3+ years hands-on Confluent Cloud (connectors, ksqlDB/streams, consumers/producers in high-volume envs with cross-DC replication) Required
6+ years on-premises Kafka (brokers, ZooKeeper, connectors, ksqlDB/streams, consumers/producers with cross-DC replication) Required
6+ years cloud (Google Cloud Platform preferred) Required
8+ years Linux/Unix admin Required
6+ years enterprise production with HA/DR Required
6+ years performance tuning/optimization Required
6+ years TCP/IP networking Required
6+ years security (auth, authz, compliance) Required
6+ years Unix scripting/automation Required

Roles & Responsibilities

• Write clean, scalable code using best practices for streaming architectures and CI/CD.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define solutions and provide technical leadership.

• Review designs/code; improve DevOps processes and drive automation.

• Research emerging tech; apply strategic/analytical thinking to complex problems.