Kafka admin with MQ exp

Alike Thoughts; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Alike Thoughts is hiring a Kafka administration specialist responsible for Confluent Kafka environments, including cluster installation, upgrades, and ongoing operations from Hyderabad. The role demands 5–12 years experience and immediate to 15 days notice period.

Focus areas include security, ACL/RBAC, PKI integration, and production support. Primary responsibilities cover performance tuning, troubleshooting, and ensuring high availability and DR for Kafka, with exposure to Ansible, Terraform,

Qualifications

• Confluent Kafka Administration with 3+ years hands-on experience.
• Install, configure and upgrade Confluent Kafka clusters.
• Manage brokers, topics, partitions and replication with strong security controls.
• Experience with SASL/SSL/TLS/mTLS, ACLs and RBAC in Kafka environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide production support and incident management for Kafka clusters.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery planning for Kafka ecosystems.
• Monitor and optimize Kafka performance and reliability in production.

Skills

Confluent Kafka Administration

Kafka Cluster Installation

Kafka Broker/Topic/Partition

Kafka Security Administration

Kafka ACL & RBAC Administration

Certificate Management

Kafka Performance Tuning

Production Support

HA & DR for Kafka

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Linux Administration

Job description

Skill : MQ-Administration Kafka admin with MQ

Exp 5 to 12 yrs

Loaction Only HYD

Notice period : Immediate-15 days

JD:

Primary/Core Skills (Must Have)

• Confluent Kafka Administration (3+ years)


• Kafka Cluster Installation, Configuration & Upgrades


• Kafka Broker, Topic, Partition & Replication Management


• Kafka Security Administration (SASL, SSL/TLS, mTLS)


• Kafka ACL & RBAC Administration


• Certificate Management & PKI Integration


• Kafka Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting


• Production Support & Incident Management


• High Availability & Disaster Recovery for Kafka.

Secondary Skills (Good to Have)

• IBM MQ Administration


• MQ Clustering


• MQ SSL/TLS Configuration


• Ansible


• Terraform


• Linux Administration


• Banking/BFSI Domain Experience

Kafka-Focused Screening Questions

1. How many years of hands‑on Confluent Kafka Administration experience do you have?


2. Have you installed, configured, and upgraded Confluent Kafka clusters? Please explain.


3. What is the largest Kafka cluster you have managed (brokers/topics)?


4. Have you configured Kafka security using SASL, SSL/TLS, mTLS, ACLs, and RBAC?


5. Describe your experience with Kafka certificate management and PKI integration.


6. Have you performed Kafka performance tuning and troubleshooting in production?


7. What monitoring tools have you used for Kafka (Control Center, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Splunk)?


8. Explain how you handled broker failures and partition rebalancing.


9. Have you implemented Kafka High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions?


10. Do you have experience with Kafka automation using Ansible or Terraform?