Apache Kafka Platform Engineer

Elabs Infotech; Hyderabad, Bengaluru, New Delhi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Elabs Infotech is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with 5+ years in platform engineering, middleware, or infrastructure support and 3+ years of hands-on Apache Kafka administration in production. You will design and operate large-scale distributed systems to ensure reliability and performance.

You will work with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry and Kafka Streams, plus Linux, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, middleware, or infrastructure support.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Apache Kafka in production environments.
• Experience managing large-scale distributed systems.

Skills

Kafka administration

Distributed systems

Platform engineering

Linux administration

Containerization

Cloud platforms

Tools

Apache Kafka

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

Kafka Streams

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Python

Shell

PowerShell

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, middleware, or infrastructure support.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience administering Apache Kafka in production environments.
• Experience managing large-scale distributed systems.

Technical Skills

• Apache Kafka administration and operations.
• Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams.
• Linux system administration.
• Container technologies (Docker).
• Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Scripting with Python, Shell, or PowerShell.