Kafka Admin

Primary Focus:  Ensuring smooth day-to-day supporting the application development team, IT operations, system uptime, and user support.

Key Responsibilities:

Cluster Management:
Installation, configuration, and upgrades of Kafka brokers, Zoo Keeper nodes, and related infrastructure (e.g., Confluent Platform).
Monitoring & Alerting:
Monitoring cluster health, including broker uptime, partition availability, replication lag, and resource usage (CPU, memory, disk) to prevent bottlenecks.
Topic & Partition Management:
Creating, updating, and managing Kafka topics, partition strategies, and replication factors to ensure data redundancy.
Security Administration:
Implementing security measures, including Authentication (SASL), Authorization (ACLs), and Encryption (TLS/SSL).
Performance Tuning:
Optimizing Kafka cluster performance through configuration adjustments, JVM tuning, and resource management.
Troubleshooting & Support:
Providing 24/7 support to diagnose and resolve production issues, such as broker failures, network issues, or producer/consumer lag.
Automation & Scripting:
Using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Bash/Python scripts to automate provisioning and operational tasks.
Backup & Disaster Recovery:
Developing, validating, and maintaining backup techniques and roll-back strategies.
Qualifications
5- 8 Years of total Experience,

Experience with Apache Kafka and Zookeeper in production environments.
Knowledge of Linux system administration.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) or containerization (Kubernetes, Open Shift).
Scripting skills (Bash, Python) for automation