Kakfa Administrator

Role: Kakfa Administrator Location: Toronto, ON Duration: Long Term Contract Job Description; Must Have Technical/Functional Skills - Apache Kafka Administration - Kafka Cluster Installation, Configuration, and Management - Topic, Partition, and Replication Management - Kafka Broker Administration and Performance Tuning - Kafka Connect - Schema Registry - Consumer Group Management - Kafka Security (SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs) - High Availability and Disaster Recovery Configuration - Kafka Monitoring and Alerting - Linux/Unix Administration - Shell Scripting (Bash) and/or Python Scripting - Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis of Kafka Production Issues - Capacity Planning and Cluster Scaling - Log Analysis and Performance Optimization - Experience with Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Datadog) - Understanding of Distributed Systems and Event-Driven Architecture - Production Support and Incident Management - Kafka Upgrades, Patching, and Maintenance Activities Roles & Responsibilities - Install, configure, administer, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across Development, Testing, UAT, and Production environments. - Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replication factors, and consumer groups to ensure platform stability and performance. - Monitor Kafka cluster health, availability, capacity, and resource utilization using enterprise monitoring tools. - Perform Kafka performance tuning, capacity planning, and cluster scaling activities to support growing business workloads. - Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka infrastructure, messaging, connectivity, and performance-related issues. - Configure and manage Kafka security controls including SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, ACLs, and encryption standards. - Support Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and other ecosystem components required for data integration. - Implement and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions for Kafka platforms. - Perform Kafka upgrades, patching, migration, and platform maintenance activities with minimal business impact. - Collaborate with application, data engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to onboard and support Kafka-based applications. - Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, architecture documentation, and support guides. - Configure and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management processes for Kafka environments. - Support production deployments, release activities, and environment readiness assessments. - Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventive measures to improve platform reliability. - Automate administrative and operational tasks using Shell scripting, Python, or other automation tools. - Ensure platform compliance with organizational security, governance, audit, and regulatory requirements. - Participate in on-call support and provide timely resolution for critical production issues. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance Kafka platform performance, scalability, security, and operational efficiency. Generic Managerial Skills, If any - Teamwork - Willingness to learn Key Words to search in Resume Apache Kafka, Kafka Cluster Management, Kafka Connect, Confluent Platform, Kafka Security (SSL/SASL/ACL), Linux/Unix Administration, Kafka Performance Tuning

Install, configure, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across multiple environments while ensuring platform stability and performance. Manage security controls, monitoring, and disaster recovery solutions to support event-driven architectures.

Requires deep technical expertise in Kafka administration, including broker tuning, consumer group management, and security protocols. Proficiency in Linux/Unix administration and scripting with Bash or Python is essential for automation and troubleshooting.

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• Apache Kafka
• Kafka Cluster Management
• Kafka Connect
• Schema Registry
• Kafka Security
• Linux/Unix Administration
• Shell Scripting
• Python Scripting
• Performance Tuning
• High Availability
• Disaster Recovery
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Splunk
• ELK
• Datadog

• Technology
• Software
• Data & Analytics
• Consulting
• Engineering

Expérience minimale

5+ ans

Postuler avant le

5 sept. 2026

Langue de l’offre

anglais

Heures de travail

40 heures par semaine

Niveau d’expérience

Mid-Senior level

Mode de candidature

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