Role: Kafka admin

Location : Chicago, IL (Onsite)

Experience : 3+years

NO H1B & NO C2C

Job Summary: We are seeking a Confluent Kafka Administrator to join our team and be responsible for managing and maintaining our Confluent Kafka infrastructure. The Confluent Kafka Administrator will work closely with the development team to ensure the availability and reliability of our Kafka infrastructure to support our applications and services.
Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters and associated infrastructure across multiple regions.
• Implement and manage multi-region Kafka clusters and ensure their availability and reliability.
• Monitor the performance of multi-region Kafka clusters and associated infrastructure, troubleshoot any issues and take corrective action to resolve problems.
• Develop and implement backup and disaster recovery plans for multi-region Kafka clusters.
• Work with the development team to implement Kafka mirroring, replication, and failover between regions.
• Configure and manage Kafka topics, partitions, and replication using Kraft, if applicable.
• Manage access controls, security configurations, and authentication protocols for Kafka clusters across regions.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure the integration of Kafka with other data stores and messaging systems across regions.
• Automate deployment and management of multi-region Kafka clusters using configuration management tools.
• Document multi-region Kafka infrastructure configurations and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Kafka Administrator.
• Experience with Confluent Kafka platform and associated tools like Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and KSQL.
• Knowledge of Kafka cluster management, monitoring, and performance tuning across multiple regions.
• Understanding of Kafka security, including encryption and authentication protocols across regions.
• Experience with scripting languages like Bash, Python, or Java.
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Kubernetes, is a plus.
• Experience with multi-region Kafka clusters and Kraft, if applicable.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with teams

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Kafka: 4 years (Preferred)
• Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and KSQL.: 4 years (Preferred)
• Kafka security, including encryption and authentication: 4 years (Preferred)
• Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.: 4 years (Preferred)
• Bash, Python, or Java.: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road

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