Lead Kafka Administrator

Request Technology; Coppell (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious company is seeking a Kafka Administrator/SME with extensive experience in Kafka administration and cloud automation. The role involves designing and managing Kafka clusters, developing IaC, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should have a strong background in cloud technologies and scripting, with a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure middleware administration.
• In-depth expertise in Kafka administration and cloud automation.
• Strong proficiency in IaC tools like Ansible and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage highly available Kafka clusters.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Ansible and Terraform.
• Automate cloud resource provisioning using cloud-native tools.

Skills

Kafka administration

IaC tools

Cloud automation

CI/CD tools

Scripting

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitHub

Jenkins

AWS

Azure

Splunk

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.

We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full-time role.

A prestigious company is looking for a Kafka Administrator/SME with 10+ years of Kafka administration, IaC, and cloud/automation.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and manage highly available and scalable Kafka clusters.
• Monitor Kafka performance, troubleshoot issues and optimize configurations.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration Management.
• Create and maintain reusable IaC modules.
• Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure solutions on AWS and Azure.
• Automate cloud resource provisioning, scaling and management using cloud-native tools and services.
• Deploy and Manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and Rancher
• Troubleshoot container-related issues and optimize container performance.
• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub, Artifactory, Harness and Jenkins.
• Automated the build, test and deployment of middleware components.
• Integrate IaC and container technologies into CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field. (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure middleware administration.
• In-depth expertise in Kafka administration, including cluster management, performance tuning, and security.
• Strong proficiency in IaC tools, specifically Ansible, Terraform and bash scripting.
• Extensive experience with cloud automation and provisioning on AWS and Azure.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools, including GitHub, Artifactory, Harness and Jenkins.
• Strong scripting skills in languages like Python and Bash.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Splunk, Splunk OTEL, Prometheus and Grafana.
• Kafka, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Kubernetes, Rancher, GitHub, Artifactory, Harness, Jenkins, AWS, Azure, CI/CD, IaC, Automated Cloud Provisioning.