Senior Kafka administrator

Hybrid in St. Louis, MO, US • Posted 14 hours ago • Updated 13 hours ago
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Job Details

Skills

  • Kafka administration
  • Kafka
  • Kafka clusters
  • Linux

Summary

Serve as a senior technical lead for Kafka platform operations and stability
Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise Kafka clusters
Perform performance tuning, capacity planning, and scaling initiatives
Support infrastructure modernization efforts, including potential cloud migrations
Maintain and support Kafka environments running on bare metal infrastructure
Contribute to automation efforts using configuration management tools
Perform Linux system administration tasks (patching, upgrades, troubleshooting)
Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to ensure high availability and reliability

Required Qualifications
5+ years of hands-on Kafka administration in an enterprise environment
Proven experience owning and supporting production Kafka clusters
Strong Linux systems administration experience
Experience with performance tuning and scaling Kafka at high data volumes
Experience supporting Kafka on bare metal infrastructure
Familiarity with Amazon MSK or other managed Kafka services
Ability to work independently in a senior-level capacity

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  • Dice Id: 90987772
  • Position Id: 8902494
  • Posted 14 hours ago
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