Confluent Architect

Prolifics, Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Prolifics Corporation Private Limited is seeking a Confluent Platform Architect for our Hyderabad development center. This role is a permanent position focused on defining, governing, and delivering enterprise-scale event streaming solutions using Confluent Platform with hands-on involvement.

The ideal candidate will lead architectural decisions, ensure scalable and secure Kafka-based solutions, and collaborate across delivery teams to drive successful adoption.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of IT experience with at least 7+ years hands-on in Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform
• Proven experience in enterprise-scale event streaming architecture, implementation, and governance
• Experience in large, complex enterprise environments with multiple integration and data platforms

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture for Confluent and Kafka-based event streaming solutions
• Act as architectural authority for Confluent implementations across programs and delivery teams
• Provide hands-on support for Kafka platform setup, configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Establish and govern topic design and naming standards
• Define data contracts and schemas (Avro / Schema Registry) and event lifecycle/retention policies
• Guide implementation of producers, consumers, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry integrations
• Ensure alignment with enterprise integration, security, and cloud architecture standards
• Provide guidance on high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and resiliency
• Review and approve solution designs, architecture artifacts, and implementation approaches
• Support architecture reviews, technical workshops, and governance forums
• Collaborate with application, cloud, DevOps, and integration teams for platform adoption
• Oversee partner and vendor implementations to ensure adherence to standards and best practices

Skills

Kafka

Confluent Platform

Event streaming architecture

Tools

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

REST Proxy

ksqlDB

Job description

Prolifics Corporation Private Limited | FTE

At Prolifics, we are currently implementing multiple solutions in SoftwareDevelopment, and we are looking to hire talented Confluent Architect for our development center inIndia. This position would be based out of Hyderabad and is a permanentposition.

If you are looking for a high growth company with rock-solid stability,if you thrive in the energetic atmosphere of high-profile projects, we want to talk to you today! Let’s connect and explore the possibilities of having you onboard the Prolifics team!

• Job Title: Confluent Architect
• Primaryskills: hands-on experience in Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform
• Secondary skills: experience in enterprise-scale event streaming architecture, implementation, and governance
• Location:Hyderabad(Mindspace#12B)

Job Description:

Role Summary

The Confluent Platform Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and supporting the implementation of enterprise-scale event streaming solutions using the Confluent Platform. The role combines architectural leadership with hands‑on technical involvement to ensure Kafka-based solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise architecture and security standards.

The architect works closely with stakeholders, platform teams, delivery partners, and engineering teams to drive successful adoption and implementation of event-driven architectures across the organization.

Experience Required

• 14+ years of overall IT experience with at least 7+ years of hands‑on experience in Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform
• Proven experience in enterprise-scale event streaming architecture, implementation, and governance
• Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments with multiple integration and data platforms

Key Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture for confluent and Kafka-based event streaming solutions
• Act as the architectural authority for confluent implementations across programs and delivery teams.
• Provide hands‑on support for Kafka platform setup, configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Establish and govern:
• Topic design and naming standards
• Data contracts and schemas (Avro / Schema Registry)
• Event lifecycle and retention policies
• Guide implementation of producers, consumers, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry integrations
• Ensure alignment with enterprise integration, security, and cloud architecture standards
• Provide guidance on high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and resiliency
• Review and approve solution designs, architecture artefacts, and implementation approaches
• Support architecture reviews, technical workshops, and governance forums
• Collaborate with application, cloud, DevOps, and integration teams for consistent platform adoption
• Oversee partner and vendor implementations to ensure adherence to standards and best practices

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong architectural and hands‑on knowledge of:
• Producers, consumers, partitions, replication, and offsets
• Kafka cluster configuration and management
• Experience with:
• Schema Registry
• Kafka Connect
• REST Proxy and ksqlDB (where applicable)
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and streaming patterns
• Experience with Kafka deployments in cloud and/or Kubernetes environments
• Hands‑on troubleshooting and performance tuning experience
• Strong stakeholder engagement, governance, and documentation skills
• Experience working with delivery partners and systems integrators

Preferred Experience

• Multi-region or multi-cluster Kafka deployments
• Integration with enterprise data and analytics platforms
• Experience in regulated enterprise environments
• Exposure to CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and platform automation
• Confluent or Kafka-related certifications

About us:

Prolifics Corporation Limited is a Global TechnologySolutions Provider with presence across North America(USA and Canada), Europe (UK and Germany), Middle East & Asia. In India, wehave offshore development centers: 2 in Hyderabad & 1 in Pune.

For more than 40 years, Prolifics has transformedenterprises of all sizes including over 100 Fortune 1000 companies by solvingtheir complex IT challenges. Our clients include Fortune 50 and Fortune 100companies across a broad range of industriesincluding Financial Services, Insurance, Government, Healthcare,Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Retail. We rank consistently in DreamCompanies to Work for and Dream Employer of the Year ranking fromWorld HRD Congress, ranked 7 in 2019.

We encourage you to visit us on www.prolifics.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook,YouTube and other social media to know more about us.