Controls Engineer – Co-Op
KION Group
Senior Kafka Engineer
Broadridge
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Newark • Arizona, New Jersey, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AnsibleApacheAWSAzureChefCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJenkinsKafkaPythonScalaTerraform
About the role
- Lead the strategy, design, and operations of large-scale event streaming solutions with Confluent Cloud and Kafka
- Drive automation, security, and performance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Architect, design, and implement Kafka-based solutions
- Oversee administration and operational management of Confluent Platform components
- Develop and maintain Kafka producers, consumers, and streams applications
- Lead deployments and configurations of Kafka topics, partitions
- Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks
- Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define business requirements
- Stay current with Confluent Platform releases and Kafka community innovations
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
- At least 2+ years focused on Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform
- Deep knowledge of Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Control Center, ksqlDB, and other Confluent components
- Experience architecting and managing hybrid Kafka solutions in on-prem and cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Advanced understanding of event-driven architecture and the real-time data integration ecosystem
- Strong programming/scripting skills (Java, Python, Scala)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Familiarity with Chef, Ansible, or similar configuration management tools
- Skilled in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) and version control (Git)
- Proven ability to monitor and troubleshoot large-scale, distributed Kafka environments
- Experience with performance tuning and incident management
- Expertise in securing Kafka deployments, including Kerberos and SSL configurations
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Benefits
- Visit www.broadridgebenefits.com for comprehensive benefit offerings
- Paid sick leave in compliance with the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Apache KafkaConfluent CloudConfluent PlatformKafka ConnectSchema RegistryControl CenterksqlDBJavaPythonScala
Soft skills
collaborationleadershipcapacity planningperformance tuningtroubleshootingmonitoringalertingobservabilitycommunicationproblem-solving
