Overview
Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Skills
Kafka Streams
Confluent Kafka
Job Details
Job Title: Kafka Architect
Location: Remote
Duration: 12+ months
Detailed Job Description
- 8+ years of experience in designing and architecting solutions using
- 8+ Apache Kafka, with hands-on experience in Confluent Kafka
- Ability to lead client engagements, translate business requirements into technical solutions, and guide implementation teams
- Deep understanding of Kafka internals, KRaft architecture, and Confluent components
- Experience with Confluent Cloud, Stream Governance, Data Lineage, and RBAC
- Expertise in stream processing (Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB) and event-driven architecture
- Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala
- Proven ability to integrate Kafka with enterprise systems (databases, APIs, microservices)
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure) and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation (Ansible, CFK)
- Years of experience in each of the must-have skills: Min 8+ years of experience
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