Enterprise Architect

Job Title

Enterprise Architect (Kafka)

Contract

6+ months (contract)

Location

McLean, VA (Onsite)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Architect with 10+ years of Kafka expertise to design and optimize large‑scale, enterprise‑grade data streaming architectures. The ideal candidate will be proficient across the Apache Kafka ecosystem, Confluent Cloud, event‑driven architecture, and modern cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement Kafka / Confluent Platform solutions for enterprise environments
• Design / manage Kafka clusters, brokers, topics, and partitions
• Lead migrations from IBM MQ, TIBCO, ActiveMQ to Kafka
• Develop pipelines using Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, and Flink
• Ensure HA / DR, security, RBAC, and ACLs across Kafka infrastructure
• Integrate Kafka with Snowflake, Databricks, Hadoop, and Salesforce Community Cloud
• Collaborate with Cloud, Data Engineering, and DevOps teams
• Monitor and optimize environments using Grafana, Prometheus, and Confluent Control Center

Must‑Have Skills

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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