Wysetek Systems Technologists Pvt. Ltd.
Website:
wysetek.com
Job details:
🚀 Kafka Administrator / Confluent Kafka Engineer
Experience: 3+ Years
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Mumbai
🌟 About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Confluent Kafka Administrator / Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in managing enterprise-grade distributed streaming platforms.
In this role, you will own the reliability, performance, and scalability of our Kafka ecosystem. You’ll work closely with DevOps, Cloud, and Application teams to support real-time data streaming across cloud-native environments while driving automation, security, and operational excellence.
If you enjoy solving complex production challenges and working with cutting-edge streaming technologies, this role is for you.
🔧 Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage highly available, fault-tolerant Confluent Kafka clusters
- Administer and support Kafka Connect (Source & Sink) for seamless data integration
- Implement Kafka security best practices including SSL/TLS, SASL, and ACLs
- Automate Kafka operations (topic/user provisioning, deployments) using Ansible and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab)
- Monitor and optimize Kafka performance using Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and Confluent Control Center (C3)
- Plan and execute cluster upgrades, patching, and zero-downtime migrations
- Provide 24/7 production support, troubleshoot incidents, and collaborate with Confluent Support
- Support Kafka producers/consumers and ensure efficient consumer group rebalancing
- Manage Schema Registry, Zookeeper, Kafka logs, and configuration tuning
- Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud teams on Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure
- Manage and support AWS services including MSK, EC2, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, EKS, and OpenSearch
🧠 Required Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka administration
- Strong knowledge of Kafka Connect, Zookeeper, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams, and KSQL
- Experience with AWS Cloud (MSK, EC2, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, EKS)
- Solid experience working in Linux environments (Amazon Linux, Red Hat)
- Hands-on with DevOps & automation tools: Jenkins, GitLab, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes
- Scripting skills in Python and Bash/Shell, with working knowledge of SQL
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident management skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with Confluent Support on enterprise Kafka issues
- Knowledge of databases like MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle
- Exposure to Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
🎓 Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
💡 Why Join Us?
- Work on large-scale, real-time data streaming platforms
- Opportunity to collaborate with high-performing DevOps and Cloud teams
- Exposure to modern cloud-native and automation-first environments
- Competitive compensation and growth opportunities
📩 Interested? Apply now or share your profile to be part of a team shaping real-time data platforms at scale!
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