Kafka Infra Engineer — Real-Time Data Pipelines (Hybrid)

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Walnut Creek (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

The Cigna Group is hiring an Infrastructure Engineering Advisor for Walnut Creek, CA to design and develop Kafka-based data pipelines for real-time processing. You will configure and monitor Kafka clusters, collaborate with partners on integration patterns, and automate routine operations to reduce manual effort.

Role requires a BS in CS/CE and 3 years in Kafka administration, with experience in SSL/SASL/LDAP, Kafka Connect, schema registry, and cloud provisioning (AWS/Azure).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 3 years of experience in Kafka systems administration or related roles.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and monitor Kafka clusters.
• Collaborate with application partners to define solutions and integration patterns.
• Optimize configurations for efficiency, reliability and security.
• Use automation to reduce manual operations and workload.
• Diagnose and resolve errors quickly to avoid customer impact.

Skills

Kafka

Security (SSL/SASL/LDAP)

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Shell scripting

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

Zookeeper

EC2

Networking

Okta

Job description

The Cigna Group is hiring an Infrastructure Engineering Advisor for Walnut Creek, CA to design and develop Kafka-based data pipelines for real-time processing. You will configure and monitor Kafka clusters, collaborate with partners on integration patterns, and automate routine operations to reduce manual effort.

Role requires a BS in CS/CE and 3 years in Kafka administration, with experience in SSL/SASL/LDAP, Kafka Connect, schema registry, and cloud provisioning (AWS/Azure).