Lead Kafka Platform Engineer

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

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.