Kafka Engineer

Job Title: Kafka Engineer

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Job Type: Contract (Long Term)

Experience: 8+ years

Job Overview

 

We are looking for an experienced Kafka Engineer to join our team in Minneapolis, MN. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in infrastructure analysis with hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka administration and cloud platform services.

Key Responsibilities

 

• Provision and manage Kafka services and Kafka clusters in production environments
• Handle Kafka client authentication and cluster security
• Deploy Search and Reporting Services
• Provision AWS OpenSearch services
• Support Pega EKS containerization initiatives
• Monitor Apache, web, and database servers
• Monitor and maintain application performance

Required Skills

 

• Apache Kafka — Service Provisioning, Cluster Management, Client Authentication
• AWS and Azure Cloud concepts
• AWS OpenSearch Service
• Pega EKS and containerization
• Server monitoring — Apache, Web, and DB
• Application performance monitoring

Preferred Skills

 

• Prior experience in infrastructure analyst roles
• Familiarity with cloud-native deployment patterns

Location & Work Model

 

Minneapolis, MN — please confirm work model preference upon application.

Engagement Details

 

Long-term contract engagement. Immediate start preferred.