Principal Kafka Engineer

Nexiva Inc

Cincinnati, OH

Title - Principal Kafka Engineer

Location - Cincinnati, OH (Open for Relo)

Work Arrangement: 5 days ONSITE

duration - 12+ Months

Interview - ONSITE INTERVIEW

Req Experience: 10+ years

We are looking for an experienced Principal Kafka Engineer to join our team and drive the design, implementation, and administration of enterprise-scale streaming platforms.

Key Responsibilities; Requirements:10+ years of experience in software development or systems engineering.
3 5+ years of hands-on Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform administration.
Strong expertise in Kafka cluster management, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Avro, and KSQL/ksqlDB.Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and distributed microservices architecture.
Experience with ZooKeeper/KRaft, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of CI/CD, GitHub Actions, observability, and production performance optimization.
Strong understanding of high availability, low-latency systems, and enterprise integration patterns.

We re looking for a hands-on technical professional with strong problem-solving skills and experience supporting mission-critical, highly available systems.

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