Platform Engineer with Kafka Admin

New York 10 days agoContractor External
Negotiable
Note : We don t want any SRE/ Operations /Developers purely looking for Platform Engineers who manage configure, Authentication, Authorizations, Admin tasks, Product Expansions dynamically based on Volumes. Kafka JD: Key Responsibilities: • Deploy, configure and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters in a highly available environment. • Perform Kafka upgrades and patching ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transitions. • Administer security protocols and access controls to protect the platform. • Monitor cluster health and performance using our established monitoring stack(Prometheus, Grafana) • Troubleshoot and resolve cluster-related incidents such as broker outages, replication lag. • Develop and enhance automation scripts to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual intervention. • Assist with planning and managing cluster resources to support future growth. Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Information technology or equivalent professional experience. • 5+ years of Kafka administration experience, ideally with confluent platform. • Demonstrated expertise in Kafka upgrades and production troubleshooting. • Strong background in Linux system administration. • Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting for automation. • Good understanding of Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability. • Certification on Confluent Kafka is a plus.