Location: Mumbai
- The Position

We are seeking a seasoned Kafka Administrator to serve as the second-level escalation point within our 24×7 managed services team. You will own the stability and performance of large-scale Kafka clusters resolving complex incidents, driving root cause analyses, and working alongside architects to evolve the infrastructure. Deep expertise in Confluent Kafka and a bias for automation is essential to succeeding in this role.
- Preferred Qualifications
- 4 to 6 years of Industry experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 3 to 4 years of relevant experience
- Key Responsibilities
- Own L2 escalations and perform root cause analysis for complex Kafka incidents and
- recurring failures.
- Design and enforce security configurations: SSL/TLS, Kerberos authentication, and
- ACL management.
- Build and maintain automation scripts and monitoring pipelines to reduce toil and
- improve observability.
- Optimise cluster performance through configuration tuning, capacity planning, and
- resource management.




- Collaborate with Kafka Architects to plan and execute upgrades, scaling operations,
- and migrations.
- Mentor L1 engineers, maintain operational runbooks, and ensure strict adherence to
- SLAs.
- Experience and Essential Skills
- Confluent Kafka expertise — Proven hands-on administration of large-scale Kafka
- clusters, with solid Linux sysadmin skills and solid networking fundamentals.
- Security & compliance — Hands-on experience with Kafka security implementations:
- SSL/TLS, Kerberos, and ACL configuration.
- Automation & observability — Scripting proficiency in Bash or Python; working
- knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana for monitoring and alerting.
- Cloud-native & messaging ecosystem — Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and
- alternate messaging systems (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ) within microservices or DevOps environments.
- On-call readiness — Strong analytical and communica

📌 Senior Kafka Administrator (Mumbai)
🏢 Ashnik
📍 Mumbai