Kafka Admin

Robotics Prcocess Automation, LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Georgia is seeking an experienced Kafka Administrator to install and manage Kafka clusters in both on-premise and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of software engineering experience with at least 3-5 years in Kafka administration. Responsibilities include monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance real-time data capabilities. This is an equal opportunity position offering inclusive hiring practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 3–5 years of experience in Kafka administration.
• Strong understanding of Kafka internals and Zookeeper.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and manage Kafka clusters.
• Monitor cluster health and performance.
• Collaborate with architects to support real-time data use cases.

Skills

Kafka administration

Software engineering

Linux

Scripting

Monitoring tools

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or Engineering

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Confluent Control Center

Job description

• Install, configure, and manage Kafka clusters (on-prem/cloud).
• Monitor cluster health, performance, and resource utilization.
• Manage Kafka topics, partitions, replication, and retention policies.
• Monitor Kafka performance, availability, and capacity using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Confluent Control Center.
• Implement security controls (authentication, authorization, encryption).
• Implement security best practices including TLS, Kerberos, and RBAC.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kafka brokers, producers, and consumers.
• Collaborate with platform architects and developers to support real-time data use cases.
• Automate operational tasks using scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Support upgrades, patching, and disaster recovery planning

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in software engineering,
• 3–5 years of experience in Kafka administration in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Kafka internals, Zookeeper, and Kafka Connect.
• Experience with Kafka in cloud-native environments (AWS MSK, Confluent Cloud, or self-managed on Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Linux, shell scripting, and monitoring/logging tools.
• Familiarity withCI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices."

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract