Kafka Admin

Position: Kafka Admin Location: (Remote- Mississauga, ON) Job type: Full-Time/Permanent Hiring Job Description We are looking for a Kafka Administrator with strong expertise in Apache Kafka Administration, Kafka Cluster Management, Confluent Platform, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Linux/Unix, and Kafka Security. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience managing high-availability Kafka platforms, performing performance tuning, production support, cluster scaling, disaster recovery, and troubleshooting enterprise messaging environments. Strong experience in Kafka Administration, Linux, Monitoring, and Production Support is mandatory. Key Responsibilities Install, configure, administer, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across Development, UAT, and Production environments. Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replication, consumer groups, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry. Monitor Kafka cluster health, performance, capacity, availability, and resource utilization using enterprise monitoring tools. Perform Kafka performance tuning, capacity planning, cluster scaling, upgrades, patching, and platform maintenance. Configure and manage Kafka security including SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs, encryption, and authentication. Implement High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies for enterprise Kafka platforms. Troubleshoot Kafka infrastructure, messaging, connectivity, and production issues while performing root cause analysis. Automate administrative tasks using Shell/Bash or Python scripting. Collaborate with application, DevOps, infrastructure, and data engineering teams to support Kafka-based applications. Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, monitoring, alerting, governance, and production support processes. Required Skills Messaging: Apache Kafka, Kafka Cluster Administration, Confluent Platform, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry Administration: Kafka Brokers, Topics, Partitions, Replication, Consumer Groups Security: SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs, Encryption Platform: Linux, Unix, Shell Scripting, Bash, Python Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Datadog Operations: Production Support, Incident Management, Performance Tuning, Capacity Planning, HA, DR, Root Cause Analysis

Install, configure, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across various environments while managing brokers, topics, and security. Monitor cluster health and performance to implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies.

Requires strong expertise in Kafka administration, Confluent Platform, and Linux/Unix environments. Candidates must have experience in performance tuning, production support, and automation using Shell or Python.

Relevées dans la description du poste. Confirmez les exigences importantes ci-dessus.

• Apache Kafka
• Kafka Cluster Management
• Confluent Platform
• Kafka Connect
• Schema Registry
• Linux
• Unix
• Kafka Security
• SSL/TLS
• SASL
• ACLs
• Shell Scripting
• Python
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Splunk

Expérience minimale

5+ ans

Postuler avant le

30 août 2026