Cloud Kafka Architect & Confluent Cloud Expert

IBM; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Cloud Subject Matter Expert to advance our Kafka and Confluent Cloud platforms. You will lead architecture reviews, guide production readiness, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable data streaming solutions.

You will mentor teams, optimize architectures, and drive governance, security, and incident response efforts across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and troubleshooting enterprise-grade event-driven architectures.
• Ability to guide production readiness, security, governance and change management.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams across Development, Services, Field and Support.
• Excellent problem-solving skills for distributed IT environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for Kafka and Confluent Cloud platforms.
• Advise on data streaming architectures to maximize ROI and resilience.
• Design and review enterprise event-driven patterns and contracts.
• Lead hands-on architecture reviews and customer enablement.
• Support incident response and root cause analysis.

Skills

Kafka & Confluent Cloud

Distributed systems

Production readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Architecture reviews

Technical leadership

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Kafka

Confluent Cloud

Kafka Streams

Apache Flink

Schema Registry

Kafka Connect

Job description

IBM is seeking a Cloud Subject Matter Expert to advance our Kafka and Confluent Cloud platforms. You will lead architecture reviews, guide production readiness, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable data streaming solutions.

You will mentor teams, optimize architectures, and drive governance, security, and incident response efforts across complex environments.