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Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Sharpedge Solutions, is seeking a senior architect with deep experience in Confluent Cloud Kafka and real-time streaming analytics.
Responsibilities
- Architect, implement, and administer Confluent Cloud Kafka platform in production environments.
- Design real-time stream processing pipelines using KSQL DB and Flink for analytics.
- Configure and integrate Kafka Connectors end-to-end in cloud environments.
- Govern platform with schema registry, RBAC, audit logging, retention, and compliance.
- Automate infrastructure with Terraform and the Confluent Terraform provider.
- Build and manage Harness CI / CD pipelines or equivalent tools.
- Design and manage Google Cloud networking, including Private Service Connect, DNS, firewalls, and security.
- Implement cloud-native monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident response.
- Design high availability and disaster recovery strategies, backup / restore, and multi-region architecture.
- Optimize cost, monitor resources, and right-size Confluent Cloud deployments.
- Manage schema version compatibility and data governance for streaming platforms.
- Plan capacity, partitioning, and scaling for streaming architectures.
- Provide production support for mission-critical streaming platforms.
- Collaborate with offshore / on-site teams, gathering requirements, creating design documents, and coordinating delivery.
Qualifications
Advanced knowledge of Confluent Kafka, KSQL DB, and Flink.Proven experience with Kafka Connectors in cloud environments.Strong background in platform governance, schema registry, RBAC, audit logging, and compliance.Deep expertise with Terraform and the Confluent Terraform provider.Hands-on experience with CI / CD pipelines such as Harness or equivalent.Advanced knowledge of Google Cloud Platform networking, PSC, DNS, firewalls, and security.Track record in cloud-native monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident response.Experience with DR / HA strategies, backup / restore, and multi-region design.Experience with cost optimization, resource monitoring, and right-sizing in Confluent Cloud.Strong abilities in schema management, version compatibility, and data governance.Demonstrated capability in capacity planning, partitioning, and scaling streaming architectures.Experience with Agile / DevOps methodologies.Experience providing hands-on production support for mission-critical streaming platforms.Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Design, Art / Creative, and Information Technology
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