Cloud Kafka & Confluent Architect

IBM Computing; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in Seattle, WA seeks a Cloud Subject Matter Expert to lead architecture and issue resolution for Kafka and Confluent Cloud platforms. You will guide data streaming architectures, review enterprise-grade event-driven designs, and ensure production readiness across distributed environments.

You will collaborate with platform, application and SRE teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions, while driving best practices, governance and customer success through hands-on workshops and

Qualifications

• Technical leadership as an authority, escalation point or design advisor for enterprise Kafka and Confluent Cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical authority, escalation point and design advisor for the customer's Kafka and Confluent Cloud platform, partnering with platform, application and SRE teams.

Skills

Kafka & Confluent Cloud

Distributed systems troubleshooting

Event-driven architectures

Production readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Knowledge assets creation

Security & governance awareness

Tools

Kafka

Confluent Cloud

Kafka Streams

Apache Flink

Schema Registry

Kafka Connect

Job description

IBM Software in Seattle, WA seeks a Cloud Subject Matter Expert to lead architecture and issue resolution for Kafka and Confluent Cloud platforms. You will guide data streaming architectures, review enterprise-grade event-driven designs, and ensure production readiness across distributed environments.

You will collaborate with platform, application and SRE teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions, while driving best practices, governance and customer success through hands-on workshops and