Systems Integrator: Cloud Migration

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced streaming architectures expert to drive large-scale Kafka and Confluent Cloud migrations. You will design stateful, secure, resilient streaming pipelines using Flink, Kafka, and cloud-native services, collaborating with architecture, security, and data teams.

The role emphasizes modernization of on-premises platforms to cloud, governance, and observability through Grafana, Prometheus, and Instana.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Kafka and Confluent Platform for enterprise migrations.
• Deep Flink knowledge including stateful processing, checkpointing and event-time.
• Experience migrating streaming platforms to cloud with security and governance.
• Proficiency with Terraform and CI/CD tooling for IaC and automation.
• Familiarity with Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-scale Kafka/Confluent Cloud migrations.
• Design secure, highly available streaming architectures in cloud environments.
• Collaborate with architecture, cloud, security and data teams on migration projects.

Skills

Apache Kafka

Confluent Platform

Confluent Cloud

Apache Flink

Kafka migration tools

Schema Registry

Kafka Connect

ksqlDB

Data governance

AWS

GCP

Terraform

CI/CD automation

Monitoring: Grafana/Prometheus/Instana

Cloud networking security

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Instana

Job description

Core Competencies, Knowledge and Experience

Technical Competencies

• 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.