Travel-Ready Kafka Infrastructure Consultant

University of Alabama Libraries; New York (NY); On-site; USD 156,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Systems Technologies, Inc. in New York, NY seeks a Consultant (Infrastructure Engineer) to lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of Kafka clusters and DevOps automation.

You will partner with stakeholders on risk assessments, capacity planning, and security controls, while forecasting budget needs and collaborating with development teams to automate Kafka processes. Master’s degree required with graduate coursework in software engineering, operating systems, networks, and cloud

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; graduate coursework in software engineering, OS, networks.
• Experience with Kafka design, deployment, and maintenance is desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of Kafka clusters with DevOps practices.
• Partner with stakeholders on risk assessments and capacity planning.
• Collaborate with development teams to automate Kafka processes using Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline Kafka operations.
• Investigate and resolve complex Kafka issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Provide technical leadership for Kafka-related initiatives across teams and vendors.
• Optimize configurations, security controls, and resource allocations for Kafka.

Skills

Kafka

DevOps tooling

Automation scripting

Capacity planning

Security controls

Vendor coordination

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems

Graduate coursework in Software Engineering

Foundations of Programming

Operating Systems

Advanced Operating Systems

Computing Networks

Cloud Computing

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Job description

Open Systems Technologies, Inc. in New York, NY seeks a Consultant (Infrastructure Engineer) to lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of Kafka clusters and DevOps automation.

You will partner with stakeholders on risk assessments, capacity planning, and security controls, while forecasting budget needs and collaborating with development teams to automate Kafka processes. Master’s degree required with graduate coursework in software engineering, operating systems, networks, and cloud