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Kafka Administrator (Confluent Platform)

Kafka Administrator (Confluent Platform)

Delta System & Software, Inc.New City, NY, United States
3 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

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

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