Remote Senior Kafka Administrator - Terraform & IaC Expert

INFOZEN INC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Kafka Administrator with Terraform and IaC to automate, provision, and manage enterprise Confluent Kafka environments in a remote US role. The ideal candidate will have hands-on Terraform provisioning, Confluent Platform administration, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD automation, plus security controls and IBM MQ integrations in collaboration with Mainframe teams.

Join a team focused on reliability, security, and scalable data pipelines in a remote setting.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (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 Confluent Kafka Connect source and sink connectors.
• Experience with IBM MQ integrations, preferably involving Mainframe environments.
• Knowledge of Kafka security, including RBAC, ACLs, TLS, and service accounts.
• Experience managing Kafka clusters, topics, API keys, and Schema Registry.

Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning and day-to-day management of enterprise Kafka environments.
• Lead Terraform/IaC-based provisioning for Kafka resources.
• Administer Confluent Platform/Confluent Cloud and Kafka Connect connectors.
• Implement security controls, RBAC, TLS, and service accounts.
• Collaborate with Mainframe teams and IBM MQ integrations.

Skills

Terraform/IaC

Kafka administration

Confluent Platform/Cloud

GitHub Actions/CI/CD

Kafka Connect connectors

IBM MQ integrations

Kafka security (RBAC TLS)

Kafka clusters and topics management

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Confluent Platform

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Kafka Administrator with Terraform and IaC to automate, provision, and manage enterprise Confluent Kafka environments in a remote US role. The ideal candidate will have hands-on Terraform provisioning, Confluent Platform administration, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD automation, plus security controls and IBM MQ integrations in collaboration with Mainframe teams.

Join a team focused on reliability, security, and scalable data pipelines in a remote setting.