Local to GA - Kafka Platform Engineer - Atlanta, GA (Hybrid Onsite) CGEMJP00318349

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Hope you're doing well.

My name is Mayank, and I am a Technical Recruiter from Empower Professionals Inc. We are sourcing for a "Kafka Platform Engineer" role located at "Atlanta, GA" and it's a long-term contract with possible extensions.

 

SEEKING LOCAL TO GA OR NEARBY STATES

 

Role: Kafka Platform Engineer - CGEMJP00318349

Locations: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid Onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage Kafka clusters in production and non-production environments.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of the Kafka platform.
• Develop automation for provisioning, monitoring, and maintaining Kafka infrastructure.
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard them to Kafka and support their use cases.
• Implement security best practices including authentication, authorization, and encryption.
• Monitor system health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kafka brokers, producers, consumers, and connectors.
• Maintain and enhance Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and Kafka Streams infrastructure.
• Participate in capacity planning and disaster recovery strategies.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering roles.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience managing Kafka in production environments.
• Strong understanding of Kafka internals, including partitions, replication, ISR, and retention policies.
• Experience with Kafka ecosystem tools (Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, MirrorMaker, etc.).
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

 

 

Thanks

Mayank Verma

Senior Technical Recruiter | Empower Professionals

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mayank@empowerprofessionals.com | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayankdverma/

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