Kafka Engineer

Americana Restaurants; Mohali; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Americana Restaurants in Mohali, India, is seeking a senior Kafka engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience to design, deploy, and manage highly available Kafka and Confluent Platform environments in production. You will configure clusters, implement security controls, and optimize performance to keep streaming services reliable.

You will automate infrastructure with Terraform and CI/CD, build event-driven data pipelines, and collaborate with engineering teams to support microservices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Confluent Certified Administrator or Developer certification preferred.
• Experience with large-scale event-driven architectures and microservices.
• Proven track record of improving platform reliability, reducing incidents, and optimizing operational costs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage highly available Kafka and Confluent Platform environments.
• Configure, deploy, and support Kafka clusters in production environments.
• Develop and maintain Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and event-driven data pipelines.
• Automate Kafka infrastructure using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Enhance platform reliability through HA/DR strategies, capacity planning, monitoring, and proactive performance tuning.
• Implement Kafka security best practices, including RBAC, ACLs, and service account management.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives through cluster right-sizing, retention tuning, and resource efficiency improvements.
• Troubleshoot complex streaming platform issues and ensure SLA/SLO adherence.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support microservices and event-driven architectures.

Skills

Kafka Connect

Kafka Streams

Cluster admin

Security & IAM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python scripting

Docker & Kubernetes

Job description

4+ years of hands-on experience managing Kafka-based streaming platforms

Strong expertise in:

• Kafka Connect & Kafka Streams
• Kafka cluster administration and performance tuning
• Production support and troubleshooting
• Security, governance, and access controls

Experience with:

• CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
• Python, Shell Scripting, or other automation tools
• Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Docker and Kubernetes

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skill

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Confluent Certified Administrator or Developer certification.
• Experience with large-scale event-driven architectures and microservices.
• Proven track record of improving platform reliability, reducing incidents, and optimizing operational costs.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and manage highly available Kafka and Confluent Platform environments.
• Configure, deploy, and support Kafka clusters in production environments.
• Develop and maintain Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and event-driven data pipelines.
• Automate Kafka infrastructure using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Enhance platform reliability through HA/DR strategies, capacity planning, monitoring, and proactive performance tuning.
• Implement Kafka security best practices, including RBAC, ACLs, and service account management.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives through cluster right-sizing, retention tuning, and resource efficiency improvements.
• Troubleshoot complex streaming platform issues and ensure SLA/SLO adherence.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support microservices and event-driven architectures.