Senior Kafka Automation Engineer - Hybrid (Onsite/Remote)

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

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.