Senior Kafka / Confluent Platform Engineer - W2 Only

HI
The following requirement is open with our client.  

Title                                       : Senior Kafka / Confluent Platform Engineer
Location                               : San Antonio, TX (Onsite)
Duration                              : 6 Months
Rate                                        : $57/Hr On W2

Relevant Experience      : 10+

Job Description:

Collaborate with Kafka distribution vendors (e.g., Confluent) or cloud providers for support on Kafka-specific issues.

• Set up/Fine Tune alerts for critical events (e.g., broker failure, data loss).

• Troubleshoot Kafka connectivity issues, consumer group problems, and data serialization errors

• Use observability tools (DataDog, Prometheus, Conduktor etc.) for service health

• Understand Different Kafka components (Replicator, Connector, Zookeeper, KSQL etc.) involved within the landscape and its use cases

• Leverage DevSecOps (CI/CD) to perform Admin activities using Terraform

• Collate all the configurations of Kafka like Users, ACL, Topics, connector configuration, tired 1 application etc.

• Platform Maintenance Activities:

• Upgrades (Kafka, Conduktor, Spring boot etc.)

• Patching

• Certificate renewal activities

Key Responsibilities

Debug issues related to AVRO Schemas mismatch, Consumer lag, user permissions, etc.

• Collaborate with product teams for new releases and documentation

• Minor enhancements and automations for continuous improvements

• Maintain DR runbooks and execute DR as per Risk and Security guidelines

• Vulnerability remediation reported via standard UVM process

• Debug issues related to custom Kafka client applications written in Java, .NET, Python, and Spring Boot

• Autosys | Autosys Agents Installation and maintenance

• Autosys | Autosys Services Maintenance (Patching, Upgrades, Checkouts)

Must-Have Skills:

·         Confluent kafka

·         Client facing role

·         Team handling skills