Position: Kafka Architect
Location: Bolingbrook, IL (Initial remote ok, but candidate should relocate within 1-2 month for an onsite work mode)
Mandatory skill: Confluent Kafka, Advanced Knowledge of KSQL DB and Flink
Job Description:
• Extensive experience architecting, implementing, and administering Confluent Cloud Kafka platform in production environments.
• Advanced knowledge of KSQL DB and Flink for real-time stream processing/analytics.
• Proven proficiency in Kafka Connectors—from configuration to end-to-end integration in cloud environments.
• Strong background in platform governance: schema registry, RBAC, audit logging, retention, and compliance.
• Deep expertise with Terraform and the Confluent Terraform provider; Infrastructure-as-Code methodology and automation.
• Practical experience designing and managing Harness CI/CD pipelines or other similar tools. • Advanced knowledge of GCP networking, including Private Service Connect (PSC), DNS, Firewalls and enterprise security. • Track record in implementing cloud-native monitoring and observability solutions; troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident response. • Thorough experience with Disaster Recovery (DR), High Availability (HA) strategies, backup/restore, and multi-region design.
• Practical experience with cost optimization, resource monitoring, and right-sizing in Confluent Cloud.
• Strong abilities in schema management, version compatibility, and data governance.
• Demonstrated capability in capacity planning, partitioning, and scaling streaming architectures.
• Experienced in Agile/DevOps methodologies.
• Experience providing hands-on production support for mission-critical streaming platforms.
Experience in working with an offshore/on-site model. The position requires gathering requirements on-site, creating detailed design documents and coordinating with offshore for the development/delivery.
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