Kafka Operations Administrator

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills * Production\-grade Apache Kafka operations experience, managing, maintaining and upgrading Kafka clusters in production environments with a focus on high availability, disaster recovery, fail\-over and overall reliability * Proficiency in installing and configuring monitoring systems using Grafana (building dashboards), Prometheus, Splunk , JMX metrics. * Automation and orchestration experience: Terraform , Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE). * Strong Linux system administration experience, including troubleshooting, automation and scripting for efficient infrastructure management. * Experience in Production Support (ITIL processes followed) and participating in 24x7 on\-call rotations , documenting incidents/postmortems. * Experience in supporting JVM tuning, GC Analysis, network and disk I/O diagnostics * Experience in TCP/IP, routing, switching and firewall configurations relevant to Kafka operations Good to Have: * Deep Kafka performance tuning and capacity planning experience * Knowledge of message delivery semantics and guarantees (at\-least\-once, exactly\-once) * Cloud\-native security/compliance experience (IAM, VPC, KMS, Security Groups) * Certifications: Confluent Certified Administrator, AWS/Azure/GCP certifications * Experience with Apache Kafka in KRaft mode, including set up, configuration, troubleshooting and cluster management * Containerization and Container Orchestration Tools experience: Docker, Kubernetes * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git\-based workflows * Experience building custom Kafka connect libraries and understanding of data serialization formats (eg: Avro, JSON) * Knowledge of networking concepts across on\-prem VMs and cloud environments, ensuring seamless integration and communication between services. * Strong understanding of topic management and security best practices for streaming platforms: TLS, ACLs, RBAC, encryption at rest/in transit * Kafka ecosystem tooling experience: Kafka Connect, Schema Registry Role and Responsibilities * Deploy, configure and manage Kafka clusters and related services to meet SLA requirement * Participate in 24x7 on\-call rotation to respond to incidents, alerts, and escalations * Triage, diagnose, and remediate production incidents; coordinate with stakeholders, developers and infrastructure teams * Implement automation for provisioning, scaling, server/data backups, and disaster recovery * Maintain monitoring, alerting thresholds, dashboards, and Kafka ecosystem health * Harden Kafka deployments: configure TLS, ACLs, RBAC, encryption, and vulnerability remediation * Perform routine maintenance: Kafka ecosystem upgrades (controllers, brokers, connect, and schema registry), rolling restarts, etc. * Create and maintain runbooks, runbook automation, and post\-incident reports * Optimize performance and resource utilization; benchmark and tune clusters * Support Kafka Connect/Schema Registry service and troubleshoot connector issues * Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements for infrastructure and deployment automation Base Salary Range : $110,000 to $140,000 Per Annum TCS Employee Benefits Summary: Discretionary Annual Incentive. Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical \& Health, Dental \& Vision, Disability Planning \& Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans. Family Support: Maternal \& Parental Leaves. Insurance Options: Auto \& Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection. Convenience \& Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits \& Certification \& Training Reimbursement. Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave \& Holidays. Legal \& Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing. \#LI\-SV2 \#LI\-KUMARAN **Location** Seattle, WA **Job Function** TECHNOLOGY **Role** Senior Engineer **Job Id** 393248 **Desired Skills** Kafka **Salary Range** $110,000\-$140,000 a year Desired Candidate Profile **Qualifications** : BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE