Job Description

Global retail client are in the market for an experienced Kafka SME.

You must be regarded as a Kafka expert. The role is likley to extend, Inside IR35.

Skills and required;

Design, deploy, and manage Apache Kafka clusters in a data centre and Azure environment.

• Manage topics and access control lists (ACLs).
• Monitor and balance the cluster to optimize resource utilization.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues within the Kafka clusters.
• Oversee system upgrades and patching to maintain platform stability and security.
• Onboard new applications to seamlessly integrate with the Kafka messaging system.
• Manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters.
• Use Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.

• Able to automate the operation of Azure Infrastructure.
• Operating Systems (Windows / Linux): using desired state configuration management tooling
• CI/CD pipelines: can create a CI/CD pipeline to deploy Infrastructure changes.
• Communicate effectively with Azure support to resolve any technical issues that may arise.
• Experience with Azure services
• Experience of managing Kafka cluster in production environment, including additional tasks like user/authentication management, cluster balancing, and system upgrades.
• Can troubleshoot failures, determine root causes, and make any escalations as appropriate.

Please reach out to find further information.