Job ID: JOB_ID_2855
Role Overview:
We are looking for a Kafka Administrator with a strong focus on automation to manage, secure, and scale high-availability Kafka clusters (on-premise/cloud). This role involves utilizing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Terraform, and GitOps to minimize manual intervention. The ideal candidate will specialize in deploying Kafka on Kubernetes (CFK), automating topic/partition management, monitoring performance with Prometheus/Grafana, and implementing robust security measures (ACLs/RBAC).
Core Responsibilities:
- Automation Tasks: Use Ansible playbooks and Python scripts to automate Kafka installation, broker configuration, upgrades, and patching. Implement Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD/Jenkins) for continuous deployment.
- Cluster Management & Deployment: Deploy and manage Confluent Platform using Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK) on OpenShift/Kubernetes. Manage Kraft (Kafka Raft) mode, topics, partitions, and replication factors to ensure high availability.
- Monitoring & Performance Tuning: Utilize Prometheus, Grafana, and Confluent Control Center for proactive monitoring of broker health, consumer lag, and producer latency.
- Security & Compliance: Implement and automate security protocols including SASL/SSL, RBAC, ACLs, and certificate management.
- Kafka Connect & Schema Registry: Configure, manage, and automate the deployment of Kafka Connectors (e.g., S3, JDBC, Snowflake) and manage data governance via Confluent Schema Registry.
- Disaster Recovery: Set up and manage Active-Passive clusters and ClusterLink for multi-region replication.
Required Technical Skills:
- Expertise in Apache Kafka/Confluent Kafka administration (10+ years).
- Proficiency in Automation Tools: Ansible, Terraform, GitOps, Shell scripting, Python.
- Experience with Infrastructure: Kubernetes (OpenShift), Linux.
- Monitoring Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, JMX.
- Networking & Security: TLS, Kerberos, SASL, RBAC.
Employment Type:
Onsite Contract
Client:
TCS
Special Requirements
F2F Interview, Onsite
Compensation & Location
Salary: $90,000 – $130,000 per year (Estimated)
Location: Tampa, FL
Recruiter / Company – Contact Information
Recruiter / Employer: TCS
Email: shivadurga.p@avanceservices.us
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