Kafka Platform Engineer

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Overview

Remote
$60 - $65
Contract - W2

Skills

Kafka & Confluent Cloud Expertise
AWS Infrastructure & Database Management
Terraform & Infrastructure Automation

Job Details

Eligibility Requirement:

Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be considered.

Job Description:

Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills):

1. Kafka & Confluent Cloud Expertise

Deep understanding of Kafka architecture and Confluent Cloud services.

Experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and stream processing.

2. AWS Infrastructure & Database Management

Hands-on experience with AWS services like RDS, Aurora, EC2, IAM, and networking.

Ability to integrate Kafka with AWS-hosted databases and troubleshoot cloud-native issues.

3. Terraform & Infrastructure Automation

Proficiency in Terraform for provisioning Kafka clusters, AWS resources, and managing infrastructure as code.

Familiarity with GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)

Degree Requirements (Experience in Lieu of Degree): 1. Monitoring & Observability

Experience with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Confluent Metrics API.

Ability to set up alerting and dashboards for Kafka and cloud services.

2. Security & Governance

Knowledge of RBAC, encryption, and audit logging in Confluent Cloud and AWS.

Experience implementing secure data pipelines and compliance controls.

3. Strong Collaboration & Incident Response

Ability to work cross-functionally with data engineers, SREs, and developers.

Skilled in communicating during outages, postmortems, and planning sessions.

Certification Requirements (Any Preferences):

1. Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka

Validates deep understanding of Kafka architecture, APIs, and Confluent tooling.

Ideal for engineers building and managing Kafka-based data pipelines.

2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Demonstrates strong knowledge of AWS services, networking, and architecture best practices.

Especially useful for integrating Kafka with AWS-hosted databases and services.

3. HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Confirms proficiency in infrastructure as code, Terraform modules, and cloud provisioning.

Valuable for managing Kafka infrastructure and AWS resources declaratively.

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