Diverse Lynx
Overview
Role: Kafka Architect Location: Mclean, VA Employment: Full-time Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Kafka Architect to design, implement, and optimize enterprise-grade event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in distributed systems, messaging frameworks, real-time data pipelines, and cloud-native platforms, with the ability to guide both technical design and strategic adoption across the enterprise. Responsibilities
Define enterprise-wide Kafka architecture, design principles, and best practices. Lead the design and deployment of high-throughput, low-latency streaming platforms using Apache Kafka. Architect and manage data pipelines, including producers, consumers, schema registries, and stream processing (Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, Flink, Spark). Ensure scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance of Kafka clusters in on-prem, cloud, or hybrid environments. Establish governance, monitoring, and security models for Kafka clusters. Partner with application teams to modernize architectures into event-driven, microservices-based solutions. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers, engineers, and DevOps teams. Collaborate with enterprise architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives. Qualifications / Desired Skills
Experience with Confluent Platform or Confluent Cloud. Exposure to enterprise data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Hadoop). Knowledge of financial services, banking, or credit-union domain is a plus. Prior experience in architecting large-scale migration from legacy messaging (IBM MQ, TIBCO, etc.) to Kafka. Certification in Kafka, Confluent, or Cloud platforms. Desire to work in a fast-paced, enterprise environment with cross-functional teams. Contact
Shashi Bhushan Diverse Lynx LLC | 300 Alexander Park, Suite #200, Princeton, NJ 08540 Office: +1 732-452-1006 ext:344 Email: shashi.bhushan@diverselynx.com Website: diverselynx.com Equal Employment Opportunity
Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.
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Role: Kafka Architect Location: Mclean, VA Employment: Full-time Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Kafka Architect to design, implement, and optimize enterprise-grade event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in distributed systems, messaging frameworks, real-time data pipelines, and cloud-native platforms, with the ability to guide both technical design and strategic adoption across the enterprise. Responsibilities
Define enterprise-wide Kafka architecture, design principles, and best practices. Lead the design and deployment of high-throughput, low-latency streaming platforms using Apache Kafka. Architect and manage data pipelines, including producers, consumers, schema registries, and stream processing (Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, Flink, Spark). Ensure scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance of Kafka clusters in on-prem, cloud, or hybrid environments. Establish governance, monitoring, and security models for Kafka clusters. Partner with application teams to modernize architectures into event-driven, microservices-based solutions. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers, engineers, and DevOps teams. Collaborate with enterprise architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives. Qualifications / Desired Skills
Experience with Confluent Platform or Confluent Cloud. Exposure to enterprise data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Hadoop). Knowledge of financial services, banking, or credit-union domain is a plus. Prior experience in architecting large-scale migration from legacy messaging (IBM MQ, TIBCO, etc.) to Kafka. Certification in Kafka, Confluent, or Cloud platforms. Desire to work in a fast-paced, enterprise environment with cross-functional teams. Contact
Shashi Bhushan Diverse Lynx LLC | 300 Alexander Park, Suite #200, Princeton, NJ 08540 Office: +1 732-452-1006 ext:344 Email: shashi.bhushan@diverselynx.com Website: diverselynx.com Equal Employment Opportunity
Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.
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