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Integration Platform Engineer (Kafka)

Mitchell Martin, Inc.Merrifield, VA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 23, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to advance your career by managing and supporting enterprise-level messaging platforms, integrating with cloud and CI/CD pipelines, and contributing to robust security and disaster recovery strategies. You'll thrive here if you have a strong background in event-driven architecture and Kafka, and are looking for a position with excellent hourly compensation and the flexibility of a hybrid work environment. Apply today to leverage your expertise and grow with a reputable company!

Quick Overview

Salary
$59 - $69/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Merrifield, VA, United States
Posted
19 hours ago
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Job Description

Title: Integration Platform Engineer (Kafka)
Location: Merrifield, VA
Employment Type: Contract
Compensation:
Pay Range;$59.00-$69.00 Per Hr
Description
This remote contract position involves managing and supporting enterprise-level messaging and event-driven platforms. The role requires expertise in a specific messaging technology, with responsibilities including deployment management, troubleshooting, and integration with cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines. Manage multi-environment deployments, including Development, QA, Performance, DR, and Production.

Conduct cluster sizing, broker management, partition strategy, and capacity planning. Troubleshoot issues at the producer, consumer, broker, and cluster levels. Implement high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-cluster replication strategies. Ensure security through TLS, mTLS, RBAC, ACLs, encryption, and authentication mechanisms.

Key Responsibilities
Administer and support enterprise messaging platforms. Oversee deployment strategies across various environments. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues efficiently. Integrate messaging platforms with cloud and CI/CD tools. Implement and maintain security protocols and disaster recovery plans. Qualifications
5 years of experience in supporting enterprise messaging platforms.
3 years of hands-on experience with a specific messaging technology. Experience in managing multi-environment deployments. Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and integration patterns.

Preferred certifications in relevant technologies. Core Technologies
Messaging Technology | Cluster Management Tools | Stream Processing Technologies | Security Protocols | Cloud Integration Tools
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