Kafka Consultant | Sage IT | Texas / New Jersey

Sage IT; New Jersey; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sage IT is seeking an experienced Kafka Consultant to lead design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise-grade Kafka clusters across Texas or New Jersey. You will own event-driven architecture implementations, stream processing, and cross-functional collaboration with clients and technical leadership.

Ideal candidates bring deep expertise in Kafka, Connect, Streams, and Schema Registry, plus strong consulting experience and security-aware practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Progressive hands-on experience in distributed systems architecture and Kafka.
• Operational expertise in Kafka cluster administration, tuning, and API development.
• Experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Schema Registry.
• Knowledge of microservices communication patterns and cloud deployments.
• Consulting experience advising enterprise clients on streaming architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize Kafka clusters, topics, and pipelines across environments.
• Provide advisory on event-driven architecture and streams processing.
• Build and maintain Kafka producers/consumers and Connect pipelines.
• Monitor cluster health, throughput, and consumer lag.
• Collaborate with data architects, engineers, and leadership.
• Troubleshoot streaming bottlenecks and serialization errors.
• Ensure data security practices and access controls.
• Develop runbooks and client advisory reports.
• Lead workshops and design reviews.
• Mentor project teams on real-time data streaming best practices.

Skills

Kafka administration

Kafka Streams

Schema Registry

Cloud deployment

Microservices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/SE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Confluent

Jira

Job description

Position Summary

Driving advanced event-driven architecture, real-time data streaming, and Apache Kafka cluster consulting in Texas and New Jersey, Sage IT is actively seeking an experienced Kafka Consultant for a permanent full-time professional engagement. In this vital enterprise data streaming role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of Kafka cluster design, high-throughput pipeline implementation, topic partitioning, schema registry administration, stream processing, and cross-functional client collaboration. Bringing progressive professional experience in distributed messaging and streaming analytics, you will empower an elite technology solutions and IT consulting enterprise to achieve uncompromised data delivery reliability, ultra-low latency event processing, and superior enterprise integration. This prestigious career opportunity offers competitive remuneration, enterprise client exposure, and professional growth within a leading global IT recruitment and software solutions corporation.

Detailed Job Description

As a Kafka Consultant supporting Sage IT on a professional basis across Texas or New Jersey, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of event streaming architecture, consulting advisory, cluster optimization, and cross-functional client collaboration. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable Apache Kafka clusters, producers, consumers, and Kafka Connect pipelines, advising enterprise clients on best practices for event-driven architecture, microservices messaging, and fault tolerance, collaborating proactively with data architects, software engineers, and technical recruitment leadership like Sridhar Marasa at Sage IT, adhering to strict corporate engineering standards, troubleshooting streaming bottlenecks, and managing application requirements by submitting your updated resume via direct email to [e-mail] while explicitly mentioning your position title, visa status, and current location.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, deploy, and optimize enterprise-grade Apache Kafka streaming clusters, brokers, and topics.
• Provide expert consulting advisory on event-driven architecture patterns, microservices messaging, and stream processing.
• Implement robust Kafka producers, consumers, Kafka Streams applications, and Kafka Connect data pipelines.
• Monitor cluster health, throughput, consumer lag, partition balancing, and storage utilization across environments.
• Collaborate proactively with client data architects, software engineering squads, and enterprise infrastructure teams.
• Troubleshoot complex streaming failures, serialization errors, network bottlenecks, and consumer offset issues.
• Ensure strict adherence to data security standards, encryption-in-transit protocols, and access control policies (ACLs).
• Maintain meticulous architecture blueprints, schema registry documentation, cluster runbooks, and client advisory reports.
• Participate actively in client workshops, technical discovery sessions, and architectural design reviews.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship on real-time data streaming best practices across project teams.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Progressive professional hands‑on experience in distributed systems architecture and Apache Kafka stream processing.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in Kafka cluster administration, tuning, and producer/consumer API development.
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical hands‑on experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and Schema Registry.
• Solid practical grasp of microservices communication patterns, asynchronous messaging, and cloud-native deployments.
• Proven consulting experience advising enterprise clients on streaming architecture and data integration.
• Strong analytical problem‑solving skills and effective stakeholder communication capabilities.
• Mandatory legal work authorization and physical availability for professional operations in Texas or New Jersey.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Professional vendor certifications such as Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka or Confluent Certified Administrator.
• Prior professional working experience supporting Tier-1 global financial institutions, telecommunications giants, or SaaS enterprises.
• Hands‑on familiarity with containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience utilizing enterprise agile tracking and IT service desk platforms (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow).
• Active participation in open-source streaming communities, Kafka user groups, or technical conferences.

Application Information

Recruiter: Sage IT Recruitment Division
Contact Name: Sridhar Marasa (Technical Recruitment Lead)
Email: [e-mail]
Phone:
Company Website: https://www.sageitinc.net
Salary/Rate: Market Competitive / Enterprise Kafka Consulting Package
Work Schedule: Professional Operations (Texas / New Jersey)
Deadline: Open until filled (Urgent Texas/New Jersey Kafka Consultant Opening)
Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days Preferred
Contract Duration: Permanent / Full-Time Employment

Recruitment Pro Tip

When applying for this Kafka Consultant position with Sage IT in Texas or New Jersey, ensure your resume explicitly highlights your Confluent Kafka clustering tenure, stream processing expertise, and current visa status.