Kafka Admin

Job ID : 93570-1
Title: Kafka Admin
Duration: 6+ Months and Possible Extension
Locations: Las Vegas, NV 89109 
Pay Range: $40 - $50/hr on W2/C2C All Inclusive
Experience Required : 6 - 8 Years of experience

Note : Need to work from office 5 Days a week

Introduction:

We are seeking an experienced professional to manage and optimize Kafka clusters for a dynamic environment. This role entails ensuring the performance, security, and scalability of Kafka infrastructures, both on-premises and in the cloud.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 6 - 8 years of experience in Kafka administration.
• Strong understanding of Kafka architecture, concepts, and best practices.
• Proven experience with Confluent platform Brokers, Zookeepers, Schema registry, Restproxy, Ksql, Connectors, Control Center, Topics, ACLs, etc.
• Experience in administering and supporting AWS MSK Clusters.
• Experience with Kafka AdminClient for managing topics programmatically.
• Prior work experience at client or in client's industry.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Dynatrace, etc.
• Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Knowledge of software containerization and Kubernetes.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Shell).
• Experience with GitLab pipeline.
• Knowledge of Service-Now, JIRA software.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and maintain Confluent and AWS MSK Kafka clusters.
• Manage large-scale, multi-node Kafka cluster environments (on-prem and cloud).
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kafka brokers, topics, and data flow.
• Optimize Kafka configurations for performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Plan and execute Kafka version upgrades and apply patches.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans.
• Create and maintain documentation.
• Implement and manage security protocols.
• Monitor Kafka clusters to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Collect and maintain performance metrics.
• Provide guidance and support to developers using Kafka.
• Automate Kafka Cluster installations and topics/acls/connectors deployments using tools like Ansible, terraform, gitops.

Company Benefits & Culture:

• Collaborative work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

For immediate consideration please click APPLY to begin the screening process with Alex.