Role : Kafka Administrator (Confluent Platform) (Only W2)
Location : New York City, NY (3 days on-site per week)
Contract
Job Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters in a highly available production environment.
- Execute Kafka upgrades and patching with minimal downtime and smooth transitions.
- Administer security protocols and access controls to protect the platform and data.
- Monitor cluster health and performance using the organization's monitoring stack (Prometheus, Grafana) and respond to anomalies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve cluster-related incidents (e.g., broker outages, replication lag, partition reassignment, data loss risks).
- Develop and enhance automation scripts to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual interventions.
- Assist with capacity planning and resource management to support future growth (topics, partitions, quotas, and hardware requirements).
- Collaborate with SRE / DevOps, data engineers, and application teams to optimize data pipelines and performance.
Qualifications
Bachelor's 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 / ksqlDB, 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.Thanks & Kind Regards,
Avinash Pathak
Delta System & Software, Inc.
Email Id : avinash.pathak@deltassi.biz