Cloud-Native Kafka Platform Engineer

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Kafka Platform Engineer to design, develop and enhance enterprise streaming platforms that move data securely in real time. You will work with Confluent Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry across cloud-native and hybrid environments, delivering scalable, resilient solutions that underpin critical services at enterprise scale.

The role emphasizes secure coding, automation, and collaboration with architecture, security and infra teams to continuously improve platform

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating enterprise-scale Confluent Kafka platforms.
• Ability to build secure, resilient streaming solutions across regions and clouds.
• Practice with IaC and automation in large-scale environments.
• Knowledge of Kafka security: RBAC, ACLs, OAuth, SSL/TLS, secrets management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and improve enterprise Kafka platforms and streaming solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, security and infra teams to ensure reliability and security.
• Apply QA, reviews, andCI/CD practices to streaming projects.
• Lead in adoption of cloud-native and hybrid-cloud patterns.

Skills

Kafka platform design

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Security controls

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Tools

Confluent Kafka

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

KSQL/ksqlDB

Job description

Barclays is seeking a Kafka Platform Engineer to design, develop and enhance enterprise streaming platforms that move data securely in real time. You will work with Confluent Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry across cloud-native and hybrid environments, delivering scalable, resilient solutions that underpin critical services at enterprise scale.

The role emphasizes secure coding, automation, and collaboration with architecture, security and infra teams to continuously improve platform