DevOps Engineer – Kafka Service

• Kafka Administration & Operations: Deploy, configure, monitor, and maintain Kafka clusters in a high-availability production environment
• Performance Optimization: Tune Kafka configurations, partitions, replication, and producers/consumers to ensure efficient message streaming
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate Kafka infrastructure deployment and management using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
• Monitoring & Incident Management: Implement robust monitoring solutions (e.g., Dynatrace) and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and failures
• Security & Compliance: Ensure secure data transmission, access control, and compliance with security best practices (SSL/TLS, RBAC, Kerberos)
• CI/CD & Automation: Integrate Kafka with CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes to improve efficiency and reliability
• Capacity Planning & Scalability: Analyze workloads and plan for horizontal scaling, resource optimization, and failover strategies

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Kafka administration
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (setup, tuning, and troubleshooting)
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Kubernetes-based Kafka deployments
• Familiarity with Kafka Connect, KSQL, Schema Registry, Zookeeper
• Knowledge of logging and monitoring tools (Dynatrace, ELK, Splunk)
• Understanding of networking, security, and access control for Kafka clusters
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD)
• Ability to analyze logs, debug issues, and propose proactive improvements
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• An ITIL qualification is an asset

An ITIL qualification

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