Solution Architect (Kafka Specialist)

Overview

On Site
$80 - $100
Full Time
Accepts corp to corp applications

Skills

kafka
apache

Job Details

Greetings!

One of our direct client is looking to hire Solution Architect (Kafka Specialist) in Alpharetta GA, This is long term contractual opportunity. Please find below job description and share your updated resume.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect with deep expertise in Apache Kafka to join our IT team. The ideal candidate will be an expert in designing and implementing scalable, real-time event streaming solutions using Kafka along with other modern technology stacks. They will play a key role in architecting event-driven systems, integrating diverse platforms, and ensuring high availability and performance of data streaming pipelines.

Job Summary

  • The Solution Architect is responsible for architecting and delivering robust, end-to-end IT solutions centered on Kafka event streaming and other complementary technologies. They will analyze business requirements, design scalable messaging architectures, and lead best practices documentation to ensure compliance, security, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement Kafka-based event streaming platforms and real-time data pipelines.
  • Design end-to-end IT solutions integrating Kafka with systems like Spark, Snowflake, and cloud services.
  • Analyze business needs and translate them into efficient Kafka topic designs, partition strategies, and message flows.
  • Lead architectural reviews, risk assessments, and impact analyses focused on Kafka infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with engineering, operations, and business teams to drive Kafka adoption and optimization.
  • Define and maintain Kafka best practices, including security, scalability, and monitoring standards.
  • Ensure solutions meet performance SLAs, are highly available, and support business continuity.
  • Stay updated on Kafka ecosystem advancements and emerging event streaming technologies.

Technical Skills

  • Extensive hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing Apache Kafka clusters and related components (Zookeeper, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams).
  • Strong expertise in event-driven architecture design and real-time messaging systems.
  • Proficiency with Apache Spark for stream processing and analytics.
  • Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and DevOps tools.
  • Knowledge of API gateways, service mesh, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and automated testing.
  • Ability to create detailed architecture documents, flow diagrams, and operational best practices.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with ETL/ELT, data warehousing technologies like Snowflake, and NoSQL/SQL databases.
  • Familiarity with Redis, Databricks, Apigee, and microservices architecture.
  • Professional certifications in Kafka, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or architecture frameworks are a plus.

Thanks and Regards

Saurav Upadhyay

Iris Software

200 Metroplex Drive, Suite #300

Edison, NJ 08817

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