Kafka Engineer

PhoenixTeam

Kafka Engineer responsible for Apache Kafka cluster development and administration. Supporting high-volume data streaming and real-time data integration for complex enterprise systems.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $100,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheETLKafkaLinuxMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, administer, and maintain Kafka clusters across development, test, and production environments.
Manage Kafka topics, partitions, brokers, replication, retention policies, and access controls.
Monitor Kafka performance, availability, throughput, and latency; proactively identify and resolve issues.
Perform capacity planning, tuning, upgrades, patching, and disaster recovery planning for Kafka environments.
Implement and maintain high availability and fault-tolerant Kafka configurations.
Develop and support event streaming pipelines using Kafka for real-time and near-real-time data processing.
Integrate Kafka with API Gateway (APIGW)–based microservices and downstream backend systems.
Design and implement Kafka producers, consumers, and connectors (e.g., Kafka Connect) to support system integrations and ETL/data movement needs.
Collaborate with application teams to define event schemas, topics, and data contracts.
Ensure reliable message delivery, data integrity, and error handling across streaming workflows.
Implement Kafka security best practices, including authentication, authorization, encryption in transit, and auditing.
Ensure Kafka implementations comply with CMS security, data governance, and operational standards.
Support DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code approaches where applicable.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and operational readiness activities.
Work closely with architects, developers, DevOps engineers, and system administrators to support solution design and delivery.
Document Kafka architectures, configurations, operational procedures, and integration patterns.
Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and knowledge transfer to internal teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
3+ years of experience developing, administering, and supporting Apache Kafka in enterprise environments.
Hands-on experience managing Kafka clusters, topics, partitions, and event streaming pipelines.
Experience integrating Kafka with microservices, API Gateways (APIGW), and backend systems.
Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging patterns, and data streaming concepts.
Experience with Linux-based environments and command-line administration.
Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Design, build, administer, and maintain Kafka clusters across development, test, and production environments.
Manage Kafka topics, partitions, brokers, replication, retention policies, and access controls.
Monitor Kafka performance, availability, throughput, and latency; proactively identify and resolve issues.
Perform capacity planning, tuning, upgrades, patching, and disaster recovery planning for Kafka environments.
Implement and maintain high availability and fault-tolerant Kafka configurations.
Develop and support event streaming pipelines using Kafka for real-time and near-real-time data processing.
Integrate Kafka with API Gateway (APIGW)–based microservices and downstream backend systems.
Design and implement Kafka producers, consumers, and connectors (e.g., Kafka Connect) to support system integrations and ETL/data movement needs.
Collaborate with application teams to define event schemas, topics, and data contracts.
Ensure reliable message delivery, data integrity, and error handling across streaming workflows.
Implement Kafka security best practices, including authentication, authorization, encryption in transit, and auditing.
Ensure Kafka implementations comply with CMS security, data governance, and operational standards.
Support DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code approaches where applicable.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and operational readiness activities.
Work closely with architects, developers, DevOps engineers, and system administrators to support solution design and delivery.
Document Kafka architectures, configurations, operational procedures, and integration patterns.
Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and knowledge transfer to internal teams. 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
3+ years of experience developing, administering, and supporting Apache Kafka in enterprise environments.
Hands-on experience managing Kafka clusters, topics, partitions, and event streaming pipelines.
Experience integrating Kafka with microservices, API Gateways (APIGW), and backend systems.
Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging patterns, and data streaming concepts.
Experience with Linux-based environments and command-line administration.
Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
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Hard Skills & Tools

Apache Kafkaevent streamingKafka Connectcapacity planningperformance tuningdisaster recoverydata integrityencryptionLinuxCI/CD

Soft Skills

troubleshootingcommunicationcollaborationtechnical guidanceproblem-solving