Kafka Administrator / Platform Engineer

Radiant Digital Solutions; Hyderabad, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Radiant Digital Solutions is seeking an experienced Kafka Administrator to manage and support Apache/Confluent Kafka platforms in production. The role covers cluster deployment, configuration, upgrades, security, and performance tuning in hybrid environments.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on Kafka administration skills, Linux systems expertise, and strong Azure/AKS experience to ensure production reliability and rapid issue resolution for clients.

Qualifications

• Holds 3+ years in Kafka administration.
• Hands-on experience managing Apache/Confluent Kafka clusters in production.
• Experience with Linux and Azure AKS environments.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain Kafka clusters (Apache/Confluent).
• Manage brokers, topics, partitions, replication, retention, and consumer groups.
• Perform upgrades, patching, capacity planning, scaling, and DR activities.
• Enforce Kafka security (SSL, SASL, ACLs, authn/authz).
• Deploy and support Kafka workloads on Azure and AKS.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux servers supporting Kafka.
• Monitor health, performance, and availability of the platform.
• Provide L2/L3 production support and engage with clients on critical issues.
• Collaborate with infra, DevOps, and app teams for reliability.

Skills

Kafka Administration

Linux Administration

Microsoft Azure

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Client/Production Support

Job description

Experience: 3+ Years
Location: Hyderabad/Bangalore

Work Mode: Hybrid

Mandatory Skills

• Hands-on Apache Kafka / Confluent Kafka Administration
• Linux Administration
• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Client/Production Support

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Kafka Administrator with strong expertise in administering and supporting Apache/Confluent Kafka platforms in production environments. The ideal candidate must have hands‑on experience with Kafka cluster deployment, configuration, upgrades, security, performance tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational support.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain Apache/Confluent Kafka clusters.
• Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replication, retention policies, and consumer groups.
• Perform Kafka upgrades, patching, capacity planning, cluster scaling, and disaster recovery activities.
• Implement and manage Kafka security (SSL, SASL, ACLs, authentication, and authorization).
• Deploy and support Kafka workloads on Azure and AKS environments.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux servers supporting Kafka infrastructure.
• Monitor Kafka platform health, performance, and availability.
• Provide L2/L3 production support and directly engage with clients to resolve critical issues.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to ensure platform stability and reliability.

Required Experience

• 3+ years in Kafka Administration.
• Proven hands‑on experience managing Apache/Confluent Kafka clusters in production.
• Strong understanding of Kafka architecture, brokers, replication, partitioning, and cluster management.
• Experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure and AKS.
• Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and client‑facing support skills.