About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced Kafka Professional with strong expertise in Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka Platform to design, implement, and manage enterprise-scale event streaming solutions. The candidate should have hands-on experience in building real-time data pipelines, event-driven architectures, and high-performance streaming applications.

Total Experience : 7-10 years

Key Responsibilities :

- Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available Kafka/Confluent Kafka solutions.

- Build and manage real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.

- Configure and administer Kafka clusters, topics, brokers, partitions, and replication.

- Implement Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB, and Confluent ecosystem components.

- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Kafka platform performance.

- Ensure platform reliability, security, and disaster recovery readiness.

- Work with development, data, and infrastructure teams to integrate Kafka with enterprise applications.

- Define Kafka best practices, standards, and governance.

- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on Kafka-related initiatives.

Required Skills :

- 5+ years of hands-on experience in Apache Kafka.

- 3+ years of experience with Confluent Kafka Platform.

- Strong knowledge of Kafka Architecture, Producers, Consumers, Streams, and Connectors.

- Experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB, and Confluent Control Center.

- Good understanding of event-driven architecture and microservices.

- Experience with Linux, Networking, Security, and Monitoring tools.

- Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) is preferred.

- Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.

Preferred Skills :

- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

- Knowledge of Java, Python, or Scala.

- Confluent Kafka Certifications are a plus