Key Responsibilities

Administer and maintain Apache Kafka clusters* in production environments.

Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replicas, consumer groups, and configurations*.

* Monitor Kafka cluster health, performance, throughput, lag, and resource utilization.

Troubleshoot issues related to brokers, producers, consumers, replication, and message delivery*.

* Perform Kafka cluster upgrades, configuration changes, patching, and maintenance.

Monitor and resolve Consumer Lag, Under Replication, ISR, and broker availability* issues.

Configure and manage Kafka Connect, producers, consumers, and connectors*.

Implement and manage Kafka security* including SSL/TLS, SASL, authentication, and authorization/ACLs.

Perform capacity planning and Kafka performance tuning*.

* Manage partitioning and replication strategies for high availability and fault tolerance.

Handle production incidents and perform root cause analysis (RCA)*.

* Create and maintain operational documentation, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides.





* Collaborate with DevOps, Application, Cloud, and Development teams for Kafka-related issues.

* Automate routine administration and monitoring activities using scripting/tools.

Must-Have Skills

4+ years of hands-on experience in Kafka Administration*.

Robust knowledge of Apache Kafka architecture*.

Experience with Kafka Brokers, Topics, Partitions, Replication and Consumer Groups*.

Strong understanding of Producer/Consumer architecture*.

Hands-on experience with Kafka monitoring and troubleshooting*.

Knowledge of Consumer Lag, ISR, Under Replication, Leader/Follower concepts*.

Experience with Kafka security SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs*.

Experience with Kafka Connect* and connectors.

Valuable knowledge of Linux/Unix* administration.

Solid SQL and database fundamentals*.

Experience with scripting using Shell/Python* is preferred.

📌 Kafka Administrator Bengaluru
🏢 Kezan consulting
📍 Bengaluru