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Kafka Platform Engineer
Bright Vision TechnologiesKafka Platform Engineer responsible for architecting, deploying, and operating Kafka platforms at Bright Vision Technologies. Delivering transformative solutions through technology in a remote work environment.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAnsibleApacheGoGrafanaKafkaPrometheusPythonTerraform
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Architect, deploy, and operate large-scale Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform clusters
- Design partitioning, replication, and topic strategies
- Implement strong security on Kafka clusters
- Operate Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, KSQL/ksqlDB, and Kafka Streams in production
- Build and operate Kafka Connect pipelines integrating sources and sinks
- Design HA/DR strategies for Kafka
- Build CI/CD pipelines for Kafka topic, ACL, and connector configurations
- Implement comprehensive observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Confluent Control Center
- Drive Kafka cost and capacity optimization
- Onboard application teams to Kafka
- Lead incident response and post-incident reviews
- Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers
- Maintain comprehensive, current technical documentation
- Continuously evaluate emerging streaming technologies
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5+ years of experience with Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform in production
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Deep, hands-on knowledge of Kafka internals
- Strong experience with Kafka security (SASL, mTLS, ACLs, RBAC)
- Hands-on experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and either Kafka Streams or ksqlDB
- Experience with HA/DR strategies for Kafka
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills
Benefits
Comp & perks- Comprehensive benefits
- Competitive compensation packages
- Supportive work-life balance
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Hard Skills & Tools
Apache KafkaConfluent PlatformKafka ConnectSchema RegistryKSQLKafka StreamsPythonBashGoTerraform
Soft Skills
troubleshootingcommunicationdocumentationmentoringcoachingincident responsepost-incident reviews