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Mid-level metro role with moderate demand for specialized Kafka infrastructure skills.
Kafka infrastructure skills are transferable to other platform roles but remain domain-specific.
Explicit 5-7 years plus mandatory 3+ years Kafka and platform skill requirements.
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Deploy, manage, and scale Apache Kafka clusters including brokers, ZooKeeper/KRaft, and Confluent components across the enterprise.
Design and implement Kafka topic architecture, partitioning, replication, and security policies to support high-throughput, real-time messaging for critical applications.
Monitor Kafka performance metrics, troubleshoot consumer group and offset issues, automate management tasks, and conduct capacity planning and tuning.
5-7 years of middleware experience with at least 3 years focused on Apache Kafka.
Strong Unix/Linux administration and scripting skills (Python/Shell).
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Experience with Kafka cluster management, replication, failover, and security implementations including SSL/TLS, SASL, and ACLs.
Experienced in enterprise-scale Kafka platform deployment and management with operational ownership of cluster performance and reliability.
Familiar with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams/KSQL, and distributed system concepts indicating a strong technical and architectural bias.
Capable of automating infrastructure tasks using scripts and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, indicating a proactive approach to operations.