Role Details: · Title: Kafka Engineer (80% engineering, 20% admin) · Duration: 1 year · Location: Remote (PST hours) · Interview: 1–2 rounds focused on technical knowledge and configuration

Top Skills: · Kafka Connectors (most important: integration knowledge) · Configuration experience · Nice to have: KSQL (Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka)

Job Responsibilities: · Confluent Kafka administration across multi-DC brokers, connectors, C3, KSQL DB, Rest Proxy, Schema Registry · Configure and maintain Kafka topics, RBAC, connectors, KSQL, and schema registry · Ensure Kafka security, scalability, availability, and disaster recovery · Support Kafka clients in Java, Node.js, and Python · Basic administration of Apache NiFi (OSS) · Design and develop Kafka-based solutions using Confluent Kafka, Connectors, KSQL, and NiFi · Experience with cloud (AWS), data connectors, and queue connectors (design + configuration)

This is a remote position.