JD - Kafka to AWS MSK Migration Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Kafka Migration Engineer to support a critical migration from on-premises Apache Kafka to AWS MSK. This role covers cluster discovery, topic mapping, capacity planning, platform setup, migration execution, validation, performance tuning, automation, and legacy cluster decommissioning.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with distributed messaging systems, a structured delivery approach, and the ability to work closely with application, infrastructure, and platform teams to ensure secure and efficient migrations.

Location
- Working Arrangement: Remote
- Preferred Office Location: Hyderabad (HYD) / Bengaluru (BLR)

Key Responsibilities
- Assess on-premises Kafka clusters by reviewing topics, partitions, consumer groups, throughput, retention policies, and dependencies to determine migration readiness.
- Analyze workloads based on message volume, criticality, latency requirements, ordering guarantees, and consumer group complexity to define appropriate MSK cluster placement and configuration.




- Plan and provision AWS MSK infrastructure, including broker sizing, storage, networking, and security configurations.
- Execute UAT and production testing using MirrorMaker 2 or similar replication tools, validate outcomes, and troubleshoot issues through resolution.
- Perform MSK performance tuning and optimization to ensure scalability, stability, and production readiness.
- Partner with application, infrastructure, and platform teams on migration planning, cutover strategy, validation criteria, and rollback procedures.
- Execute production cutovers, including consumer group migration, offset synchronization, and post-release validation.
- Support decommissioning of legacy Kafka clusters after successful migration.
- Design and enhance automation frameworks and AI-assisted solutions for repeatable, large-scale Kafka-to-MSK migrations.
- Document migration procedures, risks, lessons lear

📌 Kafka Migration Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Apexon
📍 Bengaluru