Kafka Infrastructure Engineer/Administrator

Global Financial Firm located in IRVING, TX has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Kafka Infrastructure Engineer/Administrator

"This role is currently on a Hybrid Schedule.
You will need to have reliable internet, computer and android or iphone for remote access into the client systems during remote work.
We will be expected in the office weekly 3 days depending on the team requirement.

****Video/ f2f interviews are required prior to all offers.

Kafka Infrastructure Engineer/Administrator

This role involves L3 Production Support, Engineering, User Onboarding to Kafka, analyze and identify existing Production issues and recommending appropriate solutions.

Key Responsibilities:
Requires Confluent Kafka subject matter and hands-on administrative experience
Expertise in installing, administration, Production Support and maintaining Confluent Platform components including Apache Kafka and related tools.
Experience with Event Driven Architecture Components: Apache Kafka, Kafka Brokers, Zookeeper, etc.
expertise in scripting technologies such as SHELL or Python for software automation
Implement and use monitoring and observability tools, including splunk, grafana, AppDynamics, JMX, to ensure system health and performance is measured.
Identify problem causality, business impact and root causes
Document requirements for complex, high-impact application enhancements and problem resolution.
Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and security issues; communicate impact and propose risk mitigation options.
Utilizing ticketing tools such as JIRA, ServiceNow for issue tracking and collaboration.
Plan and execute existing Middleware Integrations to Kafka, with minimal disruption and optimal performance.

Knowledge/Experience:
Strong administrative, L3 and Engineering experience for Confluent Kafka and managing large-scale multi-region Kafka cluster environments.