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Specialist Engineer DevOps / Kafka Administrator IRC242952

Job: IRC242952
Location: United States - San Jose CA
Designation: Specialist Engineer
Experience: 10-15 years
Function: Engineering
Skills: Cloud Infrastructure, Confluent Kafka, GCP Cloud Engineer
Work Model: Remote

Description:

The Kafka Administrator is responsible for managing, maintaining, and monitoring Apache Kafka clusters within an organization. This role involves ensuring high availability, performance, and security of Kafka environments. The Kafka Administrator collaborates with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to support Kafka-based applications, troubleshoot issues, and optimize the platform for scalability and reliability.

Requirements:

– **Experience:**

– 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, 3+ years as Kafka Administrator or in a similar role managing Kafka clusters.

– Proven experience as a Kafka Administrator or in a similar role managing Kafka clusters.

– Strong understanding of distributed systems, data streaming, and event-driven architectures.

– Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems and shell scripting.

– Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.


Preferences:

This is a remote role looking for highly skilled Kafka administrator.


Responsibilities:

*Key Responsibilities:**

 

1. **Cluster Management:**

– Install, configure, and maintain Kafka clusters across various environments (development, testing, production).

– Perform upgrades and patching of Kafka and related components (e.g., Zookeeper).

– Ensure optimal performance and reliability of Kafka clusters.

 

2. **Monitoring and Troubleshooting:**

– Monitor Kafka cluster health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or proprietary monitoring solutions.

– Diagnose and resolve issues related to Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, and consumers.

– Implement proactive measures to prevent potential issues.

 

3. **Security and Compliance:**

– Implement and manage security protocols for Kafka, including SSL/TLS encryption, Kerberos authentication, and access control policies.

– Ensure compliance with organizational and industry standards for data security and privacy.

 

4. **Capacity Planning and Scalability:**

– Perform capacity planning to ensure the Kafka infrastructure can handle current and future workloads.

– Optimize Kafka configurations for performance and scalability based on application requirements.

 

5. **Backup and Recovery:**

– Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans for Kafka environments.

– Implement and test backup and restore procedures to ensure data integrity and availability.

 

6. **Collaboration and Support:**

– Work closely with development teams to understand Kafka usage patterns and provide guidance on best practices.

– Provide support for Kafka-related issues, including on-call support as needed.

– Document Kafka infrastructure, configurations, and operational procedures.

 

7. **Automation and Scripting:**

– Develop automation scripts for routine tasks such as cluster provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance using tools like Ansible, Puppet, or custom scripts.

– Implement CI/CD pipelines for Kafka-related deployments and updates.


What We Offer

Exciting Projects:Come take your place at the forefront of digital transformation! With clients across all industries and sectors, we offer an opportunity to work on market-defining products using the latest technologies.

Collaborative Environment: You can expand your skills by collaborating with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment — or even abroad in one of our global centers or client facilities!

Work-Life Balance:GlobalLogic prioritizes work-life balance, which is why we offer flexible work schedules and opportunities to work from home.

Professional Development:We provide continuing education classes, professional certification and training (technical, soft skills, language, and communication skills) to help you realize your professional goals. Being part of a global organization, there are additional learning opportunities through international knowledge exchanges.

Excellent Benefits:We provide our employees with competitive salaries, health and life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, a matched contribution 401K plan, flexible spending accounts, and PTO and holidays

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic is a leader in digital engineering. We help brands across the globe design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences for the modern world. By integrating experience design, complex engineering, and data expertise—we help our clients imagine what’s possible, and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic operates design studios and engineering centers around the world, extending our deep expertise to customers in the automotive, communications, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, semiconductor, and technology industries. GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group Company operating under Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) which contributes to a sustainable society with a higher quality of life by driving innovation through data and technology as the Social Innovation Business.

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