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Kafka Administrator (Only w2)

AlgebraIT
Jersey, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 11/12/2025 CLOSED ON 12/2/2025

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Role:- Kafka Administrator

Location:- New York City, NY

Interview: In-Person Interview from client

Our challenge:

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deploy, configure and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters in a highly available environment.
  • Perform Kafka upgrades and patching ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transitions.
  • Administer security protocols and access controls to protect the platform.
  • Monitor cluster health and performance using our established monitoring stack (Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Troubleshoot and resolve cluster-related incidents such as broker outages, replication lag.
  • Develop and enhance automation scripts to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual intervention.
  • Assist with planning and managing cluster resources to support future growth.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Information technology or equivalent professional experience.
  • At least 5 years of Kafka administration experience, ideally with confluent platform.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Kafka upgrades and production troubleshooting.
  • Strong background in Linux system administration.
  • Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting for automation.
  • Good understanding of Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability.
  • Certification on Confluent Kafka is a plus.
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