Kafka Operations Administrator Job at Realign (Seattle)

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Kafka Operations Administrator

Location

United States , Seattle; St. Louis; TX

Salary:

157500.00 USD / Year

Realign

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Production-grade Apache Kafka operations experience, managing, maintaining and upgrading Kafka clusters in production environments with a focus on high availability, disaster recovery, fail-over and overall reliability
Proficiency in installing and configuring monitoring systems using Grafana (building dashboards), Prometheus, Splunk , JMX metrics
Automation and orchestration experience: Terraform , Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)
Strong Linux system administration experience, including troubleshooting, automation and scripting for efficient infrastructure management
Experience in Production Support (ITIL processes followed) and participating in 24x7 on-call rotations , documenting incidents/postmortems
Experience in supporting JVM tuning, GC Analysis, network and disk I/O diagnostics
Experience in TCP/IP, routing, switching and firewall configurations relevant to Kafka operations

Job Responsibility

Deploy, configure and manage Kafka clusters and related services to meet SLA requirement
Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation to respond to incidents, alerts, and escalations
Triage, diagnose, and remediate production incidents
coordinate with stakeholders, developers and infrastructure teams
Implement automation for provisioning, scaling, server/data backups, and disaster recovery
Maintain monitoring, alerting thresholds, dashboards, and Kafka ecosystem health
Harden Kafka deployments: configure TLS, ACLs, RBAC, encryption, and vulnerability remediation
Perform routine maintenance: Kafka ecosystem upgrades (controllers, brokers, connect, and schema registry), rolling restarts, etc
Create and maintain runbooks, runbook automation, and post-incident reports
Optimize performance and resource utilization

Fulltime

New

Kafka Operations Administrator

Location

United States , Seattle, WA/St. Louis, Mo / TX

Salary:

157500.00 USD / Year

Realign

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Production-grade Apache Kafka operations experience, managing, maintaining and upgrading Kafka clusters in production environments with a focus on high availability, disaster recovery, fail-over and overall reliability
Proficiency in installing and configuring monitoring systems using Grafana (building dashboards), Prometheus, Splunk , JMX metrics
Automation and orchestration experience: Terraform , Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)
Strong Linux system administration experience, including troubleshooting, automation and scripting for efficient infrastructure management
Experience in Production Support (ITIL processes followed) and participating in 24x7 on-call rotations , documenting incidents/postmortems
Experience in supporting JVM tuning, GC Analysis, network and disk I/O diagnostics
Experience in TCP/IP, routing, switching and firewall configurations relevant to Kafka operations

Job Responsibility

Deploy, configure and manage Kafka clusters and related services to meet SLA requirement
Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation to respond to incidents, alerts, and escalations
Triage, diagnose, and remediate production incidents
coordinate with stakeholders, developers and infrastructure teams
Implement automation for provisioning, scaling, server/data backups, and disaster recovery
Maintain monitoring, alerting thresholds, dashboards, and Kafka ecosystem health
Harden Kafka deployments: configure TLS, ACLs, RBAC, encryption, and vulnerability remediation
Perform routine maintenance: Kafka ecosystem upgrades (controllers, brokers, connect, and schema registry), rolling restarts, etc
Create and maintain runbooks, runbook automation, and post-incident reports
Optimize performance and resource utilization

Fulltime

DevOps Engineer – Kafka Service

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to take ownership of the Kaf...

Location

Luxembourg , Leudelange

Salary:

Not provided

Sopra Steria

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

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

Job Responsibility

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

What we offer

Work among high-level professionals at the forefront of corporate software solutions and innovation at Europe’s Leading Digital Service Provider

Fulltime

Java Developer-Applications Development Programmer Analyst

The Applications Development Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level positio...

Location

India , Pune

Salary:

Not provided

Citi

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

1-4 years of relevant experience
Solid foundational understanding of Java programming, including Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and SOLID principles
Familiarity with key features and enhancements in JDK versions 8, 11, 17, and 21
Exposure to Apache Kafka, including basic concepts and how to interact with it
Ability to write and understand basic to intermediate SQL queries for Oracle databases
Experience or understanding of developing and working with microservices architectures
Awareness of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery principles and tools
Proven ability to debug complex issues and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly
A positive, proactive, and collaborative attitude with a strong eagerness to learn and grow

Job Responsibility

Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements
Identify and analyze issues, make recommendations, and implement solutions
Utilize knowledge of business processes, system processes, and industry standards to solve complex issues
Analyze information and make evaluative judgements to recommend solutions and improvements
Conduct testing and debugging, utilize script tools, and write basic code for design specifications
Assess applicability of similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances not covered by procedures
Develop working knowledge of Citi’s information systems, procedures, standards, client server application development, network operations, database administration, systems administration, data center operations, and PC-based applications
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

Fulltime

Applications Development Intermediate Programmer Analyst

The Applications Development Intermediate Programmer Analyst is an intermediate ...

Location

India , Pune

Salary:

Not provided

Citi

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

5 - 7 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
Intermediate level experience in Applications Development role as a Full Stack Developer
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
Hands on coding experience in Java and Spring Boot Application development
Hands on experience in any javascript frameworks like Angular, React
Experience with databases like Oracle, MongoDB etc.
Experience with Build tools like Lightspeed, Jenkins etc.
Experience with middleware like MQ, KAfka etc.

Job Responsibility

Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements
Identify and analyze issues, make recommendations, and implement solutions
Utilize knowledge of business processes, system processes, and industry standards to solve complex issues
Analyze information and make evaluative judgements to recommend solutions and improvements
Conduct testing and debugging, utilize script tools, and write basic code for design specifications
Assess applicability of similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances not covered by procedures
Develop working knowledge of Citi’s information systems, procedures, standards, client server application development, network operations, database administration, systems administration, data center operations, and PC-based applications
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

Fulltime

Automation Test Engineer

The Applications IT Quality Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position...

Location

India , Pune

Salary:

Not provided

Citi

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

2-5 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
Intermediate level experience in Applications Development or Testing automation role
Hands on Coding experience on Java backend technologies like Core Java, Spring boot, JPA, Hibernate etc. or hands on Experience on test automation tools like Selenium etc.
Hands on scripting experience on at least few DB technologies like Oracle, SQL, MySQL
Hands on experience on Mongo and Kafka
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
Must be able to understand requirements & convert to technical design and code

Job Responsibility

Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements
Identify and analyze issues, make recommendations, and implement solutions
Utilize knowledge of business processes, system processes, and industry standards to solve complex issues
Analyze information and make evaluative judgements to recommend solutions and improvements
Conduct testing and debugging, utilize script tools, and write basic code for design specifications
Assess applicability of similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances not covered by procedures
Develop working knowledge of Citi’s information systems, procedures, standards, client server application development, network operations, database administration, systems administration, data center operations, and PC-based applications
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

Fulltime

Site Reliability Engineer III

Zuora’s Cloud Engineering teams are responsible for Cloud infrastructures, monit...

Location

India , Chennai

Salary:

Not provided

Zuora

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

6-8 years of relevant experience on SRE/DevOps
Proven hands-on working experience with core AWS services (e.g., EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS/ECS)
Deep expertise in infrastructure-as-code principles using Terraform for provisioning and state management
Expert-level knowledge and practical experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet and/or Ansible
Strong experience setting up, maintaining, and enhancing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines using Jenkins
Proficiency in scripting languages, particularly Python and/or Shell scripting, for developing automation tools and performing system administration tasks
Advanced knowledge of Linux operating systems, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, security, and networking fundamentals
Working knowledge and operational experience with distributed messaging queues, specifically Kafka

Job Responsibility

Maintain and improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of our production systems, targeting a high-availability environment
Design, implement, and maintain automation solutions for infrastructure provisioning, deployment, configuration management, and monitoring using Terraform and Jenkins
Administer, manage, and optimize our cloud infrastructure primarily hosted on AWS, focusing on cost efficiency and secure operations
Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Puppet and/or Ansible to ensure consistent and reproducible environments
Participate in on-call rotation, troubleshoot and resolve critical production incidents, and conduct comprehensive post-mortems to prevent recurrence
Apply strong Linux administration skills to manage, patch, and secure operating systems and underlying infrastructure
Manage and optimize distributed messaging systems, specifically Kafka, ensuring high throughput and data integrity

What we offer

Competitive compensation, variable bonus and performance reward opportunities, and retirement programs
Medical Insurance
Generous, flexible time off
Paid holidays, “wellness” days and company wide end of year break
Learning & Development stipend
Opportunities to volunteer and give back, including charitable donation match
Free resources and support for your mental wellbeing

Kafka DevOps

As the central solution provider for information and telecommunications systems ...

Location

Spain , Málaga

Salary:

Not provided

REWE digital

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Solid understanding of Kafka architecture (broker, topic, partition, replication, KRaft)
Experience installing, configuring, and scaling Kafka clusters
Knowledge of topic management, partitioning, and replication strategies
Familiarity with Kafka CLI tools like kafka-topics.sh, kafka-configs.sh, kafka-consumer-groups.sh

Job Responsibility

Implement and document user requirements for our Kafka platform
Set up, operate, optimize, and monitor modern integration systems—primarily Apache Kafka
Work in an agile environment alongside product teams and stakeholders
Handle second- and third-level support and conduct performance analyses
Advise users on system usage and administration
Participate in on-call rotation

What we offer

Hybrid work and flexible working time
Conditions for a private health insurance
Ticket Restaurant
Professional development opportunities: English/German courses available and further IT education/trainings
Birthday day off
25 days paid vacation

Fulltime

Kafka Operations Administrator

Realign

Location:
United States , Seattle ▼
St. Louis
TX

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Job Responsibility:

Requirements:

Nice to have:

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 21, 2026

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