RMC is hiring a Kafka & SIEM Integration Engineer to support our customer in Quantico, VA. They shall be responsible for providing strong problem solving, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills. Solid knowledge or experience in several of the following areas to maintain the government's existing systems: Linux and Linux Commands. SQL and KQL or structured query languages. Confluent/Kafka knowledge and navigation. Understanding SSL/TLS for data encryption. Exposure to and Strong Understanding of Programming Languages: Java (primary Kafka client library). Python (for data pipelines and scripting). Go or Node.js (for building lightweight streaming apps). Data Governance and Schema Management Expertise with Avro and JSON Schema for data serialization. Managing schema evolution in Confluent''s Schema Registry. Kafka Fundamentals Understanding Kafka architecture (brokers, topics, partitions, consumers, producers). Proficiency in Kafka CLI tools for topic creation, data publishing, and message consumption. Key Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Develop, Review and Maintain procedures related to the overall monitoring of Hosts/System. Implement and monitor security measures for communication systems, networks, and provide advice that systems and personnel adhere to established security standards and Government requirements for security on these systems. Perform defensive cyber operation duties including, but not limited to, ensuring server compliancy with Marine Corps IAVM, and Tenable SecurityCenter. Configure and maintain the health of Confluent, Kafka, data/ingest flows and supporting architecture. Develop and execute Government approved security policies, plans, and procedures; implement data network security measures; conduct information system (IS) security incident handling; support Continuity of Operations Plan/Disaster Recovery (COOP/DR) plans and perform certification of IS and networks. Perform weekly vulnerability audits, submit Plans of Action and Milestone (POA&M) and assist with patching for customer systems in order to maintain compliance with operational directives. Teaching, coaching and mentoring others. * Building effective communications to explain complex technical information to wider audiences.