Senior Kafka Automation Engineer

Enormous Enterprise LLC; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Enormous Enterprise LLC in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Kafka Automation Engineer to lead deployment and management of Confluent Kafka across cloud environments in a hybrid role (onsite 3 days, remote 2).

You will build automation with Terraform and Python/Ansible, ensure security standards, and collaborate with application development and operations teams to translate business requirements into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Confluent Kafka with automation using Terraform and Python/Ansible.
• Hands-on Kafka experience.
• Terraform and Python/Ansible development and testing automation.
• Basic Linux/UNIX shell scripting.
• Strong Terraform skills.
• Strong Ansible Playbook and Ansible Tower.
• Basic Ping Access and Certificate Management.
• Public and Private Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Develop and update automation for deploying and managing Confluent Kafka in cloud environments.
• Design solutions with Terraform and Python/Ansible; capture requirements from LOBs.
• Collaborate with Application Development/Support to understand messaging usage within applications.
• Ensure IT security and establish baseline security standards for projects.
• Enable secure environments across business and technology groups; act as a key contributor.

Skills

Confluent Kafka

Terraform

Python/Ansible

Linux Shell Scripting

Ansible Tower

Cloud

Security & IT compliance

Automation

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Ansible Tower

Ping Access

Certificate Management

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Job description

Description

Job Title: Senior Kafka Automation Engineer

Company

Enormous Enterprise LLC

Location

Plano, TX

Posted

October 07, 2026

Job Location

Plano, TX/Charlotte, NC/ Jersey City, NJ (3 Days onsite, 2 Days Remote) Hybrid role.

Job Type

12+ Months Contract

Job Descriptions

• 7 - 10 years of hands-on experience of software development. Understand & update existing automation programs and develop new infrastructure automation for deploying and managing Confluent Kafka in nternal or external cloud.
• Hands-on development experience of Terraform and Python/Ansible is must. Capture business requirements from LOBs and design solution in collaboration with engineering and operations teams. Work closely with Application Development/Support teams to understand the usage of messaging protocols within application software. Document the business requirements and develop plans to address the problem/requirement. Develop testing automation and troubleshoot problems during testing. Analyze IT security standards and policies for multiple projects of high complexity.
• Responsible for providing IT security and automation expertise. Provides baseline security standards and policies for multiple projects of high complexity. Will be identifying potential threats and risks and making recommendations to prevent these issues.
• Key individual contributor, with accountability for enabling secure environments (processes and technologies) for the business and technology groups. Utilizes technical and business knowledge to design and implement secure, risk-based solutions, exercising judgment within broadly defined practices and policies. Results oriented, business focused, and successful at interfacing across multiple organizational units, at various levels.

Required Qualifications

• Confluent Kafka along with Automation using Terraform and Python/Ansible
• Hands on experience with Kafka
• Hands-on experience with Develop & Test Automation using Terraform and Python/Ansible
• Basic knowledge of Linux /UNIX Shell Scripting
• Strong Terraform
• Strong Ansible Playbook and Ansible Tower
• Basic knowledge of Ping Access and Certificate Management
• Public and Private Cloud

Desired Qualifications

• Manage Large scale deployment for enterprise (internal and external cloud)
• Python/Ansible
• Monitoring software like Dynatrace, AppDynamics etc.
• Agile Development
• Technical Agility
• Messaging software (MQ/IIB, Kafka, Tibco etc.)
• Java/J2EE