- Primary skills:Technology->Cloud Platform->AWS Data Analytics->Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support Kafka clusters, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance across environments.
- Perform Kafka broker provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching, and capacity planning aligned to platform standards.
- Manage topics, partitions, replication factors, retention policies, quotas, and ACLs based on application needs and governance guidelines.
- Monitor cluster health and performance, analyze metrics/logs, and proactively address bottlenecks (latency, throughput, ISR issues).
- Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Support Confluent components as applicable (e.g., Schema Registry, Kafka Connect) and ensure smooth integration with client teams.
- Implement and maintain security controls including authentication/authorization and secure configurations for data-in-motion.
- Automate operational tasks and standardize runbooks, alerts, and operational procedures to improve platform efficiency.
- Collaborate with application teams on onboarding, best practices, and performance tuning for producers/consumers.
- Maintain documentation for architecture, configurations, operational processes, and change management activities.

Minimum

Qualifications:





- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering/Computer Science/IT (BTech/BE/MCA/MSc or similar).
- 3–5 years of overall experience with at least 3 years in Kafka administration and operations.
- Hands-on exerience administering Apache Kafka clusters, including configuration, scaling, and upgrades.
- Working knowledge of Confluent platform components and operational practices.
- Solid troubleshooting skills in distributed systems and experience handling production support and incident management.
- Familiarity with Linux fundamentals, networking basics, and log/metric-based monitoring for platform health.

Preferred

Qualifications:

- Experience operating Confluent Platform in enterprise environments, including Schema Registry and Kafka Connect administration.
- Proven ability to tune Kafka performance (broker configs, partition strategy, replication, retention) for high-throughput workloads.
- Experience implementing security best practices (ACLs, authentication/authorization) and aligning with governance requirements.
- Exposure to automation and scripting to streamline Kafka operations and reduce manual effort.
- Strong collaboration skills to guide producer/consumer teams on onboarding, standards, and operational readiness.

Good to have skills: Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Prometheus, Grafana

📌 Kafka Admin (Bengaluru)
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