Primary Skills
- Kafka, Bash, Python, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
Job requirements
Role: Kafka Admin
Years of Experience: 10+ years
Location: Remote
As a consultant within the Vertical team, you will work with our clients to define their digital strategy and execution roadmap, and design and implement differentiated digital solutions to help deliver measurable value.
Job Description:
- Install, configure, and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters and associated infrastructure across multiple regions.
- Implement and manage multi-region Kafka clusters and ensure their availability and reliability.
- Monitor the performance of multi-region Kafka clusters and associated infrastructure, troubleshoot any issues and take corrective action to resolve problems.
- Develop and implement backup and disaster recovery plans for multi-region Kafka clusters.
- Work with the development team to implement Kafka mirroring, replication, and failover between regions.
- Configure and manage Kafka topics, partitions, and replication using Kraft, if applicable.
- Manage access controls, security configurations, and authentication protocols for Kafka clusters across regions.
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure the integration of Kafka with other data stores and messaging systems across regions.
- Automate deployment and management of multi-region Kafka clusters using configuration management tools.
- Document multi-region Kafka infrastructure configurations and procedures.
- Understanding of Kafka security, including encryption and authentication protocols across regions.
- Experience with scripting languages like Bash, Python, or Java.
- Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Kubernetes, is a plus.
- Experience with multi-region Kafka clusters and Kraft, if applicable.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with teams.