Kafka Architect -- KANDC5684026
Compunnel Inc.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and deployment of Apache Kafka-based platforms.
- Define best practices and standards for Kafka implementation, integration, and security across the organization.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, solution architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable and resilient Kafka architectures.
- Oversee the setup, configuration, and tuning of Kafka clusters to ensure high availability and performance.
- Develop and enforce policies for data retention, topic management, security, and disaster recovery.
- Guide migration and integration projects, including legacy system modernization and cloud adoption using Kafka.
- Mentor and train development teams on Kafka concepts, tools, and best practices.
- Monitor system health, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement proactive performance improvements.
- Stay abreast of new developments in the Kafka ecosystem and recommend adoption of relevant technologies.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 14-16 years of total IT experience, including at least 5 years architecting and managing large-scale Kafka deployments.
- Expertise in Apache Kafka internals, including producers, consumers, brokers, partitions, replication, and Zookeeper.
- Strong knowledge of event-driven architecture, stream processing (Kafka Streams, ksqlDB), and real-time analytics.
- Deep experience integrating Kafka with various data sources, sinks, and enterprise systems (e.g., databases, microservices, cloud platforms).
- Hands‑on experience with Kafka security (SSL, SASL, ACLs), data governance, and compliance.
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages commonly used with Kafka (such as Java, Scala, or Python).
- Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) as related to Kafka deployments.
- Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior engineers.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Consulting
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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