Technology/Domain Specialist II - Kafka; OVA
Job in
Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa
Listed on 2026-09-12
Listing for:
Ovations Talent Sourcing
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-12
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability, Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Senior Systems Engineer – Kafka Platform Specialist
Location: Johannesburg
- Hybrid 3 days in the office
Employment Type: 12 Months independent contract
We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer – Kafka Platform Specialist to take ownership of the reliability, security, performance, and automation of a production event-streaming environment.
What You'll Do:- Operate and support production Kafka platforms, including monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting and performance tuning
- Plan and execute Kafka upgrades, patching and lifecycle activities
- Design scalable, resilient and secure Kafka architectures
- Automate infrastructure and operational processes using Dev Ops and IaC
- Partner with application teams to onboard workloads and improve platform standards
- 6+ years of Systems / Platform Engineering experience
- 4+ years hands-on Kafka administration
- Experience with Confluent Platform and/or Confluent Cloud
- Strong Python/Bash scripting and automation skills
- Experience with CI/CD, Terraform and/or Ansible
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
- Azure Cloud experience preferred
- Strong understanding of Kafka security: TLS/SSL, SASL and ACLs
- Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk or Azure Monitor
If you're a Kafka specialist with strong platform engineering and Dev Ops experience
, we'd love to hear from you.
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