Kafka Platform Engineer

Solvex Solutions; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Solvex Solutions in Stockholm is seeking an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer to build, operate, and continuously improve enterprise messaging and integration platforms. The role focuses on Apache Kafka, Strimzi, Kubernetes/AKS, HiveMQ, automation, security, and operational ownership.

The team emphasizes hands-on platform work, strong incident handling, and self-service capabilities for topics, schemas, and integrations. Hybrid work arrangement in Stockholm is offered.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years of Apache Kafka platform engineering, including Strimzi, Kafka Connect and KRaft.
• 4–6+ years with Java & Spring Boot.
• Experience with HiveMQ/MQTT.
• Strong Kafka administration, performance, security, and troubleshooting expertise.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate multi-cluster/multi-region Kafka environments using Strimzi on Kubernetes/AKS.
• Administer Kafka, Kafka Connect, KRaft and HiveMQ/MQTT platforms.
• Manage upgrades, scaling, partitions, storage, replication, HA/DR, and performance.
• Implement Kafka security using ACLs, SASL/SCRAM, OAuth/OIDC, mTLS and RBAC.
• Build observability and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk and Fluent Bit/OpenTelemetry.
• Automate platform delivery using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm and IaC.
• Troubleshoot consumer lag, rebalance loops, networking, JVM, and production platform issues.
• Provide self‑service capabilities for topics, schemas, credentials, and integrations.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka expertise

Kubernetes

Tools

Strimzi

Kubernetes

AKS

HiveMQ

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Helm

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

OpenTelemetry

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer to build, operate, and continuously improve enterprise messaging and integration platforms. This is a hands‑on platform role focused on Apache Kafka, Strimzi, Kubernetes/AKS, HiveMQ, automation, security, and operational ownership.

Location: Stockholm – Hybrid

Duration: 19 Oct 2026 – 30 Sep 2027 + Extensions

Key Responsibilities

• Build and operate multi-cluster/multi-region Kafka environments using Strimzi on Kubernetes/AKS.
• Administer Kafka, Kafka Connect, KRaft and HiveMQ/MQTT platforms.
• Manage upgrades, scaling, partitions, storage, replication, HA/DR, and performance.
• Implement Kafka security using ACLs, SASL/SCRAM, OAuth/OIDC, mTLS and RBAC.
• Build observability and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk and Fluent Bit/OpenTelemetry.
• Automate platform delivery using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm and IaC.
• Troubleshoot consumer lag, rebalance loops, networking, JVM, and production platform issues.
• Provide self‑service capabilities for topics, schemas, credentials, and integrations.

Key Requirements

• 4–6+ years of Apache Kafka platform engineering, including Strimzi, Kafka Connect and KRaft.
• 4–6+ years with Java & Spring Boot.
• Experience with HiveMQ/MQTT.
• Strong Kafka administration, performance, security, and troubleshooting expertise.
• GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm and Terraform/IaC.
• Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk and Fluent Bit/OpenTelemetry.
• PostgreSQL and Linux experience.
• Strong production operations and incident/RCA experience.

Nice to Have

APIM platforms, KEDA, Schema Registry, Azure/AWS/GCP, cloud cost optimisation, and experience within large enterprise integration teams.