Remote Senior Kafka Administrator — Terraform/IaC Expert

INFOZEN INC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Job summary

INFOZEN INC is seeking an experienced Kafka Administrator with strong Terraform/IaC skills to automate, provision, manage, and support enterprise Confluent Kafka environments. The role emphasizes Terraform-based provisioning, Confluent Platform/Cloud administration, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD automation.

The candidate will manage Kafka resources, implement security controls, administer Kafka Connect connectors, and support IBM MQ integrations in collaboration with Mainframe teams.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and IaC.
• Experience administering Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform/Confluent Cloud.
• Proficiency in Terraform-based provisioning and management of Kafka resources.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect connectors.
• Experience with IBM MQ integrations, preferably involving Mainframe environments.
• Knowledge of Kafka security (RBAC, ACLs, TLS, service accounts).
• Experience managing Kafka clusters, topics, API keys, and Schema Registry.

Responsibilities

• Automate, provision, manage, and support enterprise Confluent Kafka environments.
• Manage Kafka resources and security controls.
• Administer Kafka Connect source and sink connectors.
• Support IBM MQ integrations with Mainframe teams.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Security teams on CI/CD for Kafka.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize production Kafka workloads.

Skills

Terraform

IaC

Kafka Admin

Confluent Platform

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Kafka Connect

IBM MQ

Kafka security

Kafka clusters

Tools

Confluent Cloud

Terraform provisioning

Job description

INFOZEN INC is seeking an experienced Kafka Administrator with strong Terraform/IaC skills to automate, provision, manage, and support enterprise Confluent Kafka environments. The role emphasizes Terraform-based provisioning, Confluent Platform/Cloud administration, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD automation.

The candidate will manage Kafka resources, implement security controls, administer Kafka Connect connectors, and support IBM MQ integrations in collaboration with Mainframe teams.