Hiring for Kafka Admin- Pan IndiaJob Summary:We are looking for a skilled and proactive Kafka Administrator to manage, monitor, and optimize our Apache Kafka infrastructure. You will play a key role in ensuring high availability, performance, scalability, and security of Kafka clusters used across mission-critical applications.Key Responsibilities:Install, configure, upgrade, and manage Apache Kafka clusters (including Confluent Platform, if applicable).Monitor Kafka health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Confluent Control Center, or similar.Manage Kafka topics, partitions, ACLs, brokers, and zookeeper nodes.Troubleshoot Kafka-related issues in production and non-production environments.Perform regular capacity planning, tuning, and optimization of Kafka clusters.Ensure fault tolerance and disaster recovery strategies are in place and tested.Automate Kafka operations using scripting tools (e.g., Bash, Python) or Ansible/Terraform.Work closely with application developers and DevOps teams to support Kafka integrations and data pipelines.Implement Kafka security best practices including TLS encryption, authentication, and RBAC.Maintain clear documentation for Kafka infrastructure and processes.Required Skills & Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.Strong hands-on experience administering Apache Kafka (including Kafka Streams, Connect) in a production environment.Experience with Kafka monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning.Solid understanding of Linux operating systems, networking, and distributed systems.Familiarity with Kafka security mechanisms (SSL, SASL, Kerberos, RBAC).Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation and tooling.Experience with Zookeeper management and maintenance.Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins).Preferred Qualifications:Experience with Confluent Kafka ecosystem and commercial support tools.Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP – especially using MSK (Managed Streaming for Kafka).Familiarity with schema registry, Kafka Connect, and Kafka REST Proxy.Certification in Kafka administration (e.g., Confluent Certified Administrator).Understanding of stream processing frameworks like Apache Flink, ksqlDB, or Apache Storm
