Systems Integrator: Cloud Migration

A1L Digital Incorporated; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,004,000 - 1,674,000; Full time

Job summary

A1L Digital Incorporated in South Africa seeks a Systems Integrator specializing in Cloud Migration on a contract of 6 to 9 months. You will drive migration from on-prem to cloud, focusing on Kafka/Confluent platforms, streaming pipelines, and secure connectivity.

The role demands hands-on experience with Kafka migration tools, Terraform, CI/CD, and monitoring stacks; collaboration across architecture, cloud, security, DevOps, and data engineering teams; and delivering enterprise-scale

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Kafka or Confluent Cloud migrations.
• Experience supporting and administering production Kafka environments.
• Experience migrating or modernizing streaming platforms from on-premises to cloud environments.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams involving architecture, cloud, security, DevOps, and data engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex migration projects, stakeholder engagement, and technical governance.

Skills

Kafka

Confluent Platform

Confluent Cloud

Apache Flink

Flink SQL

Stateful streaming

Checkpointing

Save points

Event-time processing

Kafka migration tools

Cluster Linking

Mirror Maker 2

Consumer offset migration

Schema Registry

Kafka Connect

ksqlDB

Data governance

AWS

GCP

VPN

Private Link

Direct Connect

Terraform

CI/CD

Grafana

Prometheus

Instana

Education

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Grafana

Prometheus

Instana

Job description

Our client in the Network Communications sector is looking for a Systems Integrator: Cloud Migration on a contract duration of 6 to 9 months.

Core Competencies, Knowledge and Experience

• Strong expertise in Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, and Confluent Cloud.
• Deep understanding of Apache Flink, including stateful stream processing, checkpointing, save points, event-time processing, and Flink SQL.
• Experience with Kafka migration tools such as Cluster Linking, Mirror Maker 2, and consumer offset migration.
• Knowledge of Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, and data governance frameworks.
• Strong cloud platform experience in AWS or GCP.
• Experience designing secure network connectivity using VPN, Private Link, Direct Connect, or equivalent technologies.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CI/CD automation tools.
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus and Instana.

Knowledge

• Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) principles and streaming data patterns.
• Cloud security, IAM, RBAC, encryption, and compliance requirements.
• High availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization for streaming platforms.

Experience

• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Kafka or Confluent Cloud migrations.
• Experience supporting and administering production Kafka environments.
• Experience migrating or modernizing streaming platforms from on-premises to cloud environments.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams involving architecture, cloud, security, DevOps, and data engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex migration projects, stakeholder engagement, and technical governance.

Preferred Certifications

• Confluent Certified Developer or Administrator for Apache Kafka.
• AWS or GCP Professional Cloud Certifications.
• Terraform Associate Certification.
• Kubernetes and cloud-native platform certifications.