Kafka Administrator – Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, Kafka Security

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision! is seeking a Kafka Platform Engineer for a 6-12 month hybrid role in Toronto.

The engineer will install, configure, and manage Apache Kafka clusters across development, testing, and production environments, ensuring platform reliability and performance. Responsibilities include security, monitoring, capacity planning, incident resolution, and collaboration with DevOps and data teams to support streaming

Qualifications

• Must have strong Kafka expertise including installation, configuration and management.
• Experience with topics, partitions, replication, and consumer groups.
• Proficient in Kafka security (SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs) and HA/DR setups.

Skills

Kafka Cluster Installation

Topic/Partition/Replication Management

Kafka Broker Administration

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

Consumer Group Management

Kafka Security SSL/TLS SASL ACL

HA/DR Configuration

Monitoring/Alerting (Prometheus Grafa 

Shell/Python scripting

Root Cause Analysis

Capacity Planning/Scaling

Log Analysis (ELK Splunk Datadog)

Kafka Upgrades/Patching

On-call Production Support

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

ELK

Datadog

Job description

Toronto Downtown, ON - Hybrid (2-3 Days WFO)

6-12 months

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Kafka Cluster Installation, Configuration, and Management
• Topic, Partition, and Replication Management
• Kafka Broker Administration and Performance Tuning
• Kafka Connect
• Schema Registry
• Consumer Group Management
• Kafka Security (SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs)
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery Configuration
• Kafka Monitoring and Alerting
• Shell Scripting (Bash) and/or Python Scripting
• Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis of Kafka Production Issues
• Capacity Planning and Cluster Scaling
• Log Analysis and Performance Optimization - Experience with Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Datadog) - Understanding of Distributed Systems and Event-Driven Architecture - Production Support and Incident Management - Kafka Upgrades, Patching, and Maintenance Activities
• Install, configure, administer, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across Development, Testing, UAT, and Production environments.
• Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replication factors, and consumer groups to ensure platform stability and performance.
• Monitor Kafka cluster health, availability, capacity, and resource utilization using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Perform Kafka performance tuning, capacity planning, and cluster scaling activities to support growing business workloads.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka infrastructure, messaging, connectivity, and performance-related issues.
• Configure and manage Kafka security controls including SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, ACLs, and encryption standards.
• Support Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and other ecosystem components required for data integration.
• Implement and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions for Kafka platforms.
• Perform Kafka upgrades, patching, migration, and platform maintenance activities with minimal business impact.
• Collaborate with application, data engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to onboard and support Kafka-based applications.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, architecture documentation, and support guides.
• Configure and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management processes for Kafka environments.
• Support production deployments, release activities, and environment readiness assessments.
• Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventive measures to improve platform reliability.
• Automate administrative and operational tasks using Shell scripting, Python, or other automation tools.
• Ensure platform compliance with organizational security, governance, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in on-call support and provide timely resolution for critical production issues.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance Kafka platform performance, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Teamwork
• Willingness to learn

Key Words to search in Resume

Apache Kafka, Kafka Cluster Management, Kafka Connect, Confluent Platform, Kafka Security (SSL/SASL/ACL), Linux/Unix Administration, Kafka Performance Tuning