IT - Lead Consultant | Java | Apache Job San Antonio area,Texas USA,IT/Tech

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Contract Duration:

6 months

Visa Requirements:

This position requires Visa independent candidates only.

Interview Process:

Virtual/Video interviews

Job Details:

Minimum years of experience required: 10 years
Certification needed:
No

Must Have

Skills:

Confluent Kafka
Client facing role
Team handling skills

Confluent Platform (CP) and Confluent Cloud:

Collaborate with Kafka distribution vendors (e.g., Confluent) or cloud providers for support on Kafka-specific issues.
Set up/Fine Tune alerts for critical events (e.g., broker failure, data loss).
Troubleshoot Kafka connectivity issues, consumer group problems, and data serialization errors.
Use observability tools (Data Dog, Prometheus, Conduktor etc.) for service health.
Understand Different Kafka components (Replicator, Connector, Zookeeper, KSQL etc.) involved within the landscape and its use cases.
Leverage Dev Sec Ops (CI/CD) to perform Admin activities using Terraform.
Collate all the configurations of Kafka like Users, ACL, Topics, connector configuration, tier 1 application etc.

Platform Maintenance

Activities:

Upgrades (Kafka, Conduktor, Spring boot etc.)
Patching
Certificate renewal activities
Debug issues related to AVRO Schemas mismatch, Consumer lag, user permissions, etc.
Collaborate with product teams for new releases and documentation.
Minor enhancements and automations for continuous improvements.
Maintain DR runbooks and execute DR as per Risk and Security guidelines.
Vulnerability remediation reported via standard UVM process.
Debug issues related to custom Kafka client applications written in Java, .NET, Python, and Spring Boot.
Autosys | Autosys Agents Installation and maintenance.
Autosys | Autosys Services Maintenance (Patching, Upgrades, Checkouts).

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.