Kafka Admin
About the role
Job Title -Kafka Admin
Location Toronto, ON (Hybrid Remote) Duration-Permanent Hiring/Full Time Job Description Experience Range: 6 to 10 years Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Apache Kafka Administration Kafka Cluster Installation, Configuration, and Management Topic, Partition, and Replication Management Kafka Broker Administration and Performance Tuning Kafka Connect Schema Registry Consumer Group Management Kafka Security (SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs) High Availability and Disaster Recovery Configuration Kafka Monitoring and Alerting Linux/Unix Administration Shell Scripting (Bash) and/or Python Scripting Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis of Kafka Production Issues Capacity Planning and Cluster Scaling Log Analysis and Performance Optimization Experience with Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Datadog) Understanding of Distributed Systems and Event-Driven Architecture Production Support and Incident Management Kafka Upgrades, Patching, and Maintenance Activities
Roles & Responsibilities
Install, configure, administer, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across Development, Testing, UAT, and Production environments. Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replication factors, and consumer groups to ensure platform stability and performance. Monitor Kafka cluster health, availability, capacity, and resource utilization using enterprise monitoring tools. Perform Kafka performance tuning, capacity planning, and cluster scaling activities to support growing business workloads. Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka infrastructure, messaging, connectivity, and performance-related issues. Configure and manage Kafka security controls including SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, ACLs, and encryption standards. Support Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and other ecosystem components required for data integration. Implement and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions for Kafka platforms. Perform Kafka upgrades, patching, migration, and platform maintenance activities with minimal business impact. Collaborate with application, data engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to onboard and support Kafka-based applications. Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, architecture documentation, and support guides. Configure and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management processes for Kafka environments. Support production deployments, release activities, and environment readiness assessments. Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventive measures to improve platform reliability. Automate administrative and operational tasks using Shell scripting, Python, or other automation tools. Ensure platform compliance with organizational security, governance, audit, and regulatory requirements. Participate in on-call support and provide timely resolution for critical production issues. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance Kafka platform performance, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
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Kafka Admin
About the role
Job Title -Kafka Admin
Location Toronto, ON (Hybrid Remote) Duration-Permanent Hiring/Full Time Job Description Experience Range: 6 to 10 years Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Apache Kafka Administration Kafka Cluster Installation, Configuration, and Management Topic, Partition, and Replication Management Kafka Broker Administration and Performance Tuning Kafka Connect Schema Registry Consumer Group Management Kafka Security (SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs) High Availability and Disaster Recovery Configuration Kafka Monitoring and Alerting Linux/Unix Administration Shell Scripting (Bash) and/or Python Scripting Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis of Kafka Production Issues Capacity Planning and Cluster Scaling Log Analysis and Performance Optimization Experience with Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Datadog) Understanding of Distributed Systems and Event-Driven Architecture Production Support and Incident Management Kafka Upgrades, Patching, and Maintenance Activities
Roles & Responsibilities
Install, configure, administer, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across Development, Testing, UAT, and Production environments. Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replication factors, and consumer groups to ensure platform stability and performance. Monitor Kafka cluster health, availability, capacity, and resource utilization using enterprise monitoring tools. Perform Kafka performance tuning, capacity planning, and cluster scaling activities to support growing business workloads. Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka infrastructure, messaging, connectivity, and performance-related issues. Configure and manage Kafka security controls including SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, ACLs, and encryption standards. Support Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and other ecosystem components required for data integration. Implement and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions for Kafka platforms. Perform Kafka upgrades, patching, migration, and platform maintenance activities with minimal business impact. Collaborate with application, data engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to onboard and support Kafka-based applications. Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, architecture documentation, and support guides. Configure and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management processes for Kafka environments. Support production deployments, release activities, and environment readiness assessments. Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventive measures to improve platform reliability. Automate administrative and operational tasks using Shell scripting, Python, or other automation tools. Ensure platform compliance with organizational security, governance, audit, and regulatory requirements. Participate in on-call support and provide timely resolution for critical production issues. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance Kafka platform performance, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
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About K&K Global Talent Solutions INC.
K&K Global Talents Solutions Inc: A New Era in the US Recruitment Industry With their partnership with a highly reputable German recruitment firm boasting over 30 years of experience, K&K Global Talents Solutions Inc. is an emerging player in the US recruitment industry. This collaboration allows them to merge the advantages of a new entrant with the vast knowledge and expertise of a well-established player. Clients and candidates are guaranteed to benefit from innovative recruitment approaches, cutting-edge strategies, and a wealth of knowledge and trust. K&K Global Talents represents the future of recruitment in both IT and Nursing industry, with a modern outlook and flexibility, combined with the methodologies that have sustained success for over 30 years, thanks to their esteemed German partner.