Remote Real-Time Data Engineer (Kafka/SRE)

Bright Vision Technologies; Flower Mound (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced Real-time Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platform environments supporting mission-critical event-driven workloads.

The role requires end-to-end ownership of the Kafka platform—from cluster sizing and security to automation and observability—collaborating with product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable streaming solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of experience operating Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform in production.
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of Kafka internals (partitions, replication, ISRs, consumer groups).
• Strong experience with Kafka security (SASL, mTLS, ACLs, RBAC).
• Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and either Kafka Streams or ksqlDB.
• Experience with HA/DR strategies for Kafka.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Working knowledge of observability tooling for Kafka.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platform environments supporting mission-critical event-driven workloads.
• Own the Kafka platform end-to-end, including cluster sizing, configuration, security, automation, observability, and developer enablement.
• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into well-engineered solutions.
• Raise the bar through code reviews, design review, and mentorship of more junior engineers.

Skills

Kafka internals

Kafka security

Kafka Connect

Schema Registry

Kafka Streams / ksqlDB

Python / Bash / Go

Terraform / Ansible

Observability tooling

Troubleshooting

DevOps / SRE

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Confluent Platform

AWS MSK

Azure Event Hubs Kafka API

Terraform

Ansible

Strimzi / Confluent Operator

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced Real-time Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka and Confluent platform environments supporting mission-critical event-driven workloads.

The role requires end-to-end ownership of the Kafka platform—from cluster sizing and security to automation and observability—collaborating with product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable streaming solutions.