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Base pay range $140,000.00/yr - $170,000.00/yr
We are looking for a highly skilled
Apache Kafka Administrator
to design, manage, and optimize enterprise-scale Kafka environments. You’ll be responsible for installations, upgrades, patching, migrations, performance tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and ensuring scalability, security, and high availability.
What You’ll Do
Install, configure, upgrade, and patch Apache Kafka & ecosystem components (Zookeeper/KRaft, Schema Registry, Connect, Control Center).
Design & operate
highly available, fault-tolerant Kafka clusters
(on-prem & cloud).
Perform
capacity planning & scalability assessments
to support business growth.
Tune Kafka brokers, producers, and consumers for maximum performance.
Implement
Cluster Linking, Replication, and Multi-Region Architectures .
Manage
RBAC, authentication, and authorization
for secure access.
Troubleshoot & resolve production-critical Kafka issues.
Automate cluster operations using
Terraform, Ansible, Bash, and Python .
Integrate monitoring & observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK).
Partner with engineering teams for
application onboarding & migrations .
What We’re Looking For
3–5+ years of Kafka administration
(installations, upgrades, patching, migrations).
Strong skills in
cluster management, partitioning, replication, retention, monitoring .
Proficiency in
RBAC, TLS/SSL, Kerberos, OAuth .
Hands-on with
KRaft mode, Zookeeper, Confluent Kafka .
Strong scripting/automation (Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible).
Experience with
cloud-based Kafka (AWS MSK, Confluent Cloud, Azure Event Hubs, GCP Pub/Sub) .
Familiarity with
Kubernetes & containerized Kafka deployments
is a plus.
Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and performance tuning expertise.
Nice to Have
Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK) .
AWS Solutions Architect, CKAD, or CKA certifications .
Compensation
$140-170k
15% bonus
20+ days PTO
401k Matching
This is a hybrid role based in Dallas or Chicago.
Senior ity level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
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Qorali provided pay range This range is provided by Qorali. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range $140,000.00/yr - $170,000.00/yr
We are looking for a highly skilled
Apache Kafka Administrator
to design, manage, and optimize enterprise-scale Kafka environments. You’ll be responsible for installations, upgrades, patching, migrations, performance tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and ensuring scalability, security, and high availability.
What You’ll Do
Install, configure, upgrade, and patch Apache Kafka & ecosystem components (Zookeeper/KRaft, Schema Registry, Connect, Control Center).
Design & operate
highly available, fault-tolerant Kafka clusters
(on-prem & cloud).
Perform
capacity planning & scalability assessments
to support business growth.
Tune Kafka brokers, producers, and consumers for maximum performance.
Implement
Cluster Linking, Replication, and Multi-Region Architectures .
Manage
RBAC, authentication, and authorization
for secure access.
Troubleshoot & resolve production-critical Kafka issues.
Automate cluster operations using
Terraform, Ansible, Bash, and Python .
Integrate monitoring & observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK).
Partner with engineering teams for
application onboarding & migrations .
What We’re Looking For
3–5+ years of Kafka administration
(installations, upgrades, patching, migrations).
Strong skills in
cluster management, partitioning, replication, retention, monitoring .
Proficiency in
RBAC, TLS/SSL, Kerberos, OAuth .
Hands-on with
KRaft mode, Zookeeper, Confluent Kafka .
Strong scripting/automation (Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible).
Experience with
cloud-based Kafka (AWS MSK, Confluent Cloud, Azure Event Hubs, GCP Pub/Sub) .
Familiarity with
Kubernetes & containerized Kafka deployments
is a plus.
Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and performance tuning expertise.
Nice to Have
Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK) .
AWS Solutions Architect, CKAD, or CKA certifications .
Compensation
$140-170k
15% bonus
20+ days PTO
401k Matching
This is a hybrid role based in Dallas or Chicago.
Senior ity level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
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