Confluent Kafka Solution Architect

location: San Francisco, CA

Duration: Long Term

Responsibilities in this role will include:

Someone who has good knowledge of Confluent Product Architecture as well as who can provide innovative solutions using Confluent Kafka capabilities.

Proficient in handling and managing Kafka clusters and Configuration Knowledge.

Strong understanding of Kafka components and configurations related to producers and consumers.

Security configuration and Connection Handling expertise.

Hands-on experience in handling Kafka connections.

Detailed Job Description:

12 years of industry experience and minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka.

Development And Operational Skills Understanding of data streaming and event-driven development/operational platform.

Working with Kafka connectors, producer, and consumer APIs.

Architecture Understanding Strong understanding of Kafka architecture, including offset management, partition strategy, and DR requirements.

Integration And Operational Management Development and support of Kafka integrations (topics, producers, consumers).

Operational management of the Kafka platform. Evolution and support of the Kafka environment.

Essential Skills Communication: Strong communication skills.

Collaboration: Proficient in working with business users, Application Teams, Network Team, Infra Team, InfoSEC Team etc.

Technologies: Azure cloud management tools, Kafka Cluster Management tools. Tools: Git, Gradle, Sonar, Jenkins. Methodology: Agile Methodology