Position: Kafka Administrator (Confluent Platform) (New York)
Location: New York
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Position :
Kafka Administrator (Confluent Platform)
Duration : 6 months (W2 Contract Only)
Location :
New York City, NY
-Day one onsite (3 days on-site per week)
Job Description:
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of Kafka administration experience, preferably with Confluent Platform in production environments.
• Proven expertise in Kafka upgrades, production troubleshooting, and incident response.
• Strong background in Linux system administration.
• Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting for automation and tooling.
• Solid understanding of Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability; experience creating dashboards and alerts.
• Familiarity with security best practices for Kafka (ACLs, Kerberos/SASL, TLS) is a plus.
• Confluent Kafka certification is advantageous.
Nice-to-have
• Experience with Kafka Connect, KSQL/ksql
DB, and Schema Registry.
• Familiarity with cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform).
• Knowledge of data governance and compliance considerations related to streaming platforms.
