Kafka Admin
Job in
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, 89101, USA
Listed on 2026-08-18
Listing for:
Artech
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-18
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Data Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Kafka Admin
We are seeking an experienced professional to manage and optimize Kafka clusters for a dynamic environment. This role entails ensuring the performance, security, and scalability of Kafka infrastructures, both on-premises and in the cloud.
Required Skills &Qualifications:
- 6 - 8 years of experience in Kafka administration.
- Strong understanding of Kafka architecture, concepts, and best practices.
- Proven experience with Confluent platform Brokers, Zookeepers, Schema registry, Restproxy, Ksql, Connectors, Control Center, Topics, ACLs, etc.
- Experience in administering and supporting AWS MSK Clusters.
- Experience with Kafka Admin Client for managing topics programmatically.
- Prior work experience at client or in client's industry.
Qualifications:
- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Alert manager, Dynatrace, etc.
- Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems.
- Knowledge of software containerization and Kubernetes.
- Experience with scripting languages (Python, Shell).
- Experience with Git Lab pipeline.
- Knowledge of Service-Now, JIRA software.
- Install, configure, and maintain Confluent and AWS MSK Kafka clusters.
- Manage large-scale, multi-node Kafka cluster environments (on-prem and cloud).
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kafka brokers, topics, and data flow.
- Optimize Kafka configurations for performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.
- Plan and execute Kafka version upgrades and apply patches.
- Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans.
- Create and maintain documentation.
- Implement and manage security protocols.
- Monitor Kafka clusters to ensure optimal performance and availability.
- Collect and maintain performance metrics.
- Provide guidance and support to developers using Kafka.
- Automate Kafka Cluster installations and topics/acls/connectors deployments using tools like Ansible, terraform, gitops.
- Collaborative work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
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