Confluent Kafka Administrator

Confluent Kafka Admin

5+ years of experience in Kafka / Confluent Kafka administration Strong hands-on experience with: Confluent Platform (Kafka Broker, Schema Registry, Connect, Control Center) Kafka topic design, partitioning, replication, and retention strategies Experience with Kafka Connect and connector management Solid understanding of distributed systems and messaging concepts Experience with Linux system administration Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.) Experience with Confluent Cloud Kafka certification (e.g., Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka) Experience running Kafka on Kubernetes (Strimzi or Confluent Operator) Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP) Scripting skills (Shell, Python) Knowledge of data streaming patterns and real-time analytics Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity; sexual orientation, religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability. Administer, configure, and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid) Install, upgrade, and patch Kafka, Zookeeper / KRaft, and Confluent Platform components Manage and monitor Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replicas, and consumer groups Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery for Kafka environments Monitor cluster health, performance, and lag using Confluent Control Center, JMX, Prometheus, Grafana Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and cluster optimization Manage security configurations including: SSL/TLS encryption SASL authentication ACLs and RBAC Troubleshoot Kafka issues related to latency, throughput, connectivity, and data loss Support schema management using Confluent Schema Registry Collaborate with application, DevOps, and data engineering teams to support streaming use cases Automate Kafka deployment and maintenance using scripts or infrastructure-as-code tools Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and best practices