Senior Kafka Operation Engineer- (24/7 Production Support)
Kyndryl (company site, opens in a new tab)6–8 yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 18–28 LPA
Posted 13h ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Provide 24x7 operational support for Kafka production environments to ensure high availability and uninterrupted data streaming.
- Monitor and optimize Kafka cluster performance by troubleshooting issues across producers, consumers, brokers, clusters, and messaging workflows, including connectivity and security problems.
- Drive improvements in Kafka ecosystem health, including consumer lag, throughput bottlenecks, broker performance, and replication, with a focus on real-time incident resolution.
Minimum Requirements
- 6-8 years experience supporting and administering Apache Kafka in large-scale, production-critical environments.
- Strong knowledge of Kafka architecture, distributed systems, cluster operations, and troubleshooting across security, networking, and performance layers.
- Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and 24x7 production support.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in handling complex Kafka ecosystems including TLS/SASL authentication, schema management, and serialization technologies in enterprise settings.
- Proven ability to work in a 24/7 support environment managing critical incidents and driving resolution and platform reliability improvements.
- Capable of acting as a subject matter expert providing technical guidance, mentoring, and collaborating across engineering and business teams.