Real-Time Kafka Engineer | Terraform & Python Automation

Tech Junction Ltd; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sage IT in Plano, TX, is seeking a Kafka / Terraform / Python Engineer for a permanent on-site role. You will own real-time data streaming, cloud infrastructure automation, and Python scripting, building scalable Kafka clusters and IaC modules with Terraform.

Collaborate with DevOps and data teams to drive reliability and performance. You will design, implement, and tune Kafka deployments, manage security baselines, and contribute to runbooks and architecture diagrams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in distributed event streaming, cloud infrastructure, and systems automation.
• Operational expertise in Apache Kafka architecture, administration, and producer/consumer development.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Strong Python programming for automation, scripting, and backend utilities.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and stakeholder communication.
• Legal work authorization and availability for Plano, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable Apache Kafka clusters, topics, brokers, and connectors.
• Develop and maintain Terraform IaC modules and provisioning templates.
• Write automation scripts, monitoring utilities, and data processing tools in Python.
• Integrate Kafka with event-driven microservices for high-throughput, low-latency data flow.
• Collaborate with DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and software engineering squads.
• Monitor cluster health, consumer lag, replication, and storage usage.
• Ensure adherence to cloud security baselines and IAM policies.
• Maintain infrastructure diagrams, Terraform state, and runbooks.
• Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and RCA for incidents.
• Provide guidance on event-driven architecture and cloud automation best practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Stakeholder communication

Cloud infrastructure

SRE/DevOps collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / IT / Software Engineering

Tools

Kafka

Terraform

Python

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Sage IT in Plano, TX, is seeking a Kafka / Terraform / Python Engineer for a permanent on-site role. You will own real-time data streaming, cloud infrastructure automation, and Python scripting, building scalable Kafka clusters and IaC modules with Terraform.

Collaborate with DevOps and data teams to drive reliability and performance. You will design, implement, and tune Kafka deployments, manage security baselines, and contribute to runbooks and architecture diagrams.