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Mid-level metro platform role with common seniority and moderate candidate competition.
Specialized Confluent Kafka, Flink, and platform administration skills limit cross-industry transferability.
Multiple mandatory platform, cloud, and automation skills plus explicit years requirement enforce strict shortlisting.
Administer and support Confluent Kafka Platform including installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance of Kafka ecosystem components (Kafka brokers, ZooKeeper/KRaft, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Control Center, Flink, REST Proxy).
Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kafka Connect connectors; monitor platform health, broker performance, consumer lag, and resolve production issues proactively.
Automate platform provisioning and operations using Ansible and Infrastructure as Code on PAAS/IaaS environments (Azure, AWS, On-Premises Linux), implement security controls, disaster recovery, and collaborate with multiple teams on enterprise streaming use cases.
4-6 years of experience with Confluent Platform administration and support.
Strong hands-on skills on Confluent Platform components including Kafka Brokers, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Control Center, and Flink/ksqlDB.
Experience managing Linux infrastructure on Azure, AWS, or other IaaS platforms; proficient in automation tools like Ansible and scripting (Shell/Python).
Experience implementing Kafka security best practices including SSL/TLS, RBAC, LDAP integration; knowledge of monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK) and CI/CD pipelines.
Deep expertise in enterprise streaming platforms focused on Confluent Kafka ecosystem and real-time stream processing with Flink.
Experienced operating in cloud (Azure/AWS) and Linux-based IaaS environments with strong infrastructure automation and security implementation.
Able to lead platform reliability through monitoring, incident management, automation, and cross-team stakeholder collaboration in a governed enterprise setting.