Kafka Admin/Developer (5-7 Years ) Bengaluru

HypTechie; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

HypTechie is seeking a Kafka Admin/Developer in Bengaluru with strong Confluent Cloud administration and Java/Kafka development experience. You will manage Kafka environments, security, monitoring, and high-volume data flows, while enabling reliable data pipelines across Dev, UAT and Prod environments.

Responsibilities include governance, schema management, and connector/plugin support. Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka Streams, REST APIs, and RBAC is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 5–7 years of relevant Kafka experience preferred.
• Strong experience with Confluent Cloud administration and Java/Kafka development.

Responsibilities

• Manage Confluent Cloud environments, clusters, topics, service accounts, API keys, ACLs, and RBAC.
• Support Dev, UAT, and Production Kafka environments.
• Establish Kafka governance, onboarding, security, and compliance standards.
• Monitor cluster health, throughput, storage, consumer lag, and application performance.
• Develop and maintain Kafka-based applications using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka Streams, REST APIs, and Microservices.

Skills

Confluent Kafka / Confluent Cloud

Kafka Administration

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka Streams

REST APIs & Microservices

Kafka Connect / Managed Connectors

Schema Registry

ACL / RBAC / Security

Kafka Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Tools

Dynatrace

Elastic / Kibana

Confluent Metrics API

Job description

Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 5–7 Years
Employment: Full-Time
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

Job Summary

We are looking for a Kafka Admin/Developer with strong experience in Confluent Cloud Administration and Java/Kafka development to manage Kafka environments, integrations, security, monitoring, and high-volume data flows.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Confluent Cloud environments, clusters, topics, service accounts, API keys, ACLs, and RBAC.
• Support Dev, UAT, and Production Kafka environments.
• Establish Kafka governance, onboarding, security, and compliance standards.
• Manage Schema Registry, Cluster Linking, Stream Governance, and Data Contracts.
• Monitor cluster health, throughput, storage, consumer lag, and application performance.
• Configure and support managed Kafka Connectors and source/sink integrations.
• Troubleshoot producer, consumer, connector, networking, authentication, and authorization issues.
• Develop and maintain Kafka-based applications using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka Streams, REST APIs, and Microservices.
• Analyze and optimize connector performance and data flows.Use monitoring tools to identify and resolve production issues.

Mandatory Skills

• Confluent Kafka / Confluent Cloud
• Kafka Administration
• Java
• Spring Boot
• Kafka Streams
• REST APIs & Microservices
• Kafka Connect / Managed Connectors
• Schema Registry
• ACL / RBAC / Security
• Kafka Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Good to Have

• Confluent Metrics API
• Dynatrace
• Elastic / Kibana
• Cluster Linking
• Stream Governance & Data Contracts