Kafka Administrator; Senior Kafka Platform Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-25
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Administrator
Job Title :
Kafka Administrator (Senior Kafka Platform Engineer)
Location:
Jersey City, NJ / Dallas, TX - onsite
Local to Jersy city or Dalls for F2F Interview!!
W2 & C2C
JD:
Role Description s:
Role
- Kafka Admin | In person Interview needed | Location
- Jersey City DallasA Kafka Administrator is responsible for installing| configuring| maintaining| and monitoring Apache Kafka clusters to ensure high availability| security| and optimal performance. They manage topics| partitions| and replication| troubleshoot issues| implement security protocols (SSLTLS| SASL| ACLs)| and automate tasks using tools like Ansible or Terraform. Techfetch Techfetch 4
Key
Roles and Responsibilities Cluster Management Installing| configuring| and upgrading Kafka brokers| Zookeeper KRaft| Connect| and Schema Registry.
Performance Tuning Monitoring Monitoring cluster health| broker performance| consumer lag| and producer latency using tools like Prometheus and Grafana to ensure high throughput.
Topic Partition Management Managing topic configuration| partitioning strategies| replication factors| and data retention policies.
Security Access Control Implementing security measures such as SSLTLS encryption| Kerberos authentication| and ACLs (Access Control Lists) to secure data.
Trouble shooting Support Providing 3rd-level support to resolve broker| producer| or consumer issues and performing root cause analysis (RCA).Disaster Recovery High Availability Designing and managing replication strategies across regions for disaster recovery and ensuring broker redundancy.
Automation Developing scripts to automate routine tasks| such as provisioning and monitoring| using Ansible| Puppet| or Kubernetes.
Collaboration Working with developers to design data pipelines| optimize producer consumer configurations| and onboard new applications. Techfetch Techfetch 9
Required Skills In-depth knowledge of Apache Kafka Confluent Kafka.
Strong Linux system administration skills.
Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus| Grafana| JMX).Scripting proficiency in Python| Bash| or Java.
Experience with containerization tools (Docker| Kubernetes Open Shift).
Essential
Skills:
Role
- Kafka Admin | In person Interview needed | Location
- Jersey City DallasA Kafka Administrator is responsible for installing| configuring| maintaining| and monitoring Apache Kafka clusters to ensure high availability| security| and optimal performance. They manage topics| partitions| and replication| troubleshoot issues| implement security protocols (SSLTLS| SASL| ACLs)| and automate tasks using tools like Ansible or Terraform. Techfetch Techfetch 4
Key
Roles and Responsibilities Cluster Management Installing| configuring| and upgrading Kafka brokers| Zookeepe rKRaft| Connect| and Schema Registry.
Performance Tuning Monitoring Monitoring cluster health| broker performance| consumer lag| and producer latency using tools like Prometheus and Grafana to ensure high throughput.
Topic Partition Management Managing topic configuration| partitioning strategies| replication factors| and data retention policies.
Security Access Control Implementing security measures such as SSLTLS encryption| Kerberos authentication| and ACLs (Access Control Lists) to secure data.
Troubleshooting Support Providing 3rd-level support to resolve broker| producer| or consumer issues and performing root cause analysis (RCA).Disaster Recovery High Availability Designing and managing replication strategies across regions for disaster recovery and ensuring broker redundancy.
Automation Developing scripts to automate routine tasks| such as provisioning and monitoring| using Ansible| Puppet| or Kubernetes.
Collaboration Working with developers to design data pipelines| optimize producer consumer configurations| and onboard new applications. Techfetch Techfetch 9
Required Skills In-depth knowledge of Apache Kafka Confluent Kafka.
Strong Linux system administration skills.
Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus| Grafana| JMX).Scripting proficiency in Python| Bash| or Java.
Experience with containerization tools (Docker| Kubernetes Open Shift).
Skills:
Digital :
Kafka
Experience
Required:
10 & Above
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