Kakfa Admin
The role involves deploying, configuring, and managing enterprise Kafka environments, including broker setup and maintenance. Responsibilities include managing data integration pipelines via Kafka Connect and ensuring secure access control through SSL/TLS and ACLs.
- Hybrid
- Toronto, ON
- Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Apply by Sep 5, 2026
- 1 position
Job summary
Job Title: Kakfa Admin Location: Toronto, ON Work Arrangement: Hybrid-2-3 Days onsite Employment Type: Contract Duration: 12 Months Domain: BFSI Pay Rate: CAD 55-60 /hour Incorporated Application Deadline: Aug 30th, 2026 SKILLS REQUIRED 5+ years of hands-on experience in Apache Kafka Administration with expertise in deploying, configuring, and managing enterprise Kafka environments. Strong experience in Kafka Cluster Installation, Configuration, and Management, including broker setup, monitoring, maintenance, and upgrades. Proficiency in Topic, Partition, and Replication Management to ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability. Hands-on experience in Kafka Broker Administration, capacity planning, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Experience with Kafka Connect for building and managing scalable data integration pipelines. Strong knowledge of Schema Registry for centralized schema management and compatibility enforcement. Expertise in Consumer Group Management, offset monitoring, load balancing, and consumer performance optimization. Hands-on experience implementing Kafka Security, including SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, ACLs, encryption, and secure access control. EEOC Compliance: We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. DISCLAIMER AI Usage Policy: Pacer Group uses AI to assist in screening applications. Final hiring decisions are made by human recruiters based on qualifications and experience.
What you’ll do
The role involves deploying, configuring, and managing enterprise Kafka environments, including broker setup and maintenance. Responsibilities include managing data integration pipelines via Kafka Connect and ensuring secure access control through SSL/TLS and ACLs.
Requirements
Candidates must have over 5 years of hands-on experience in Apache Kafka Administration and expertise in cluster management. Proficiency in performance tuning, schema registry, and consumer group optimization is required.
Other relevant skills
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- Apache Kafka Administration
- Kafka Cluster Installation
- Topic Management
- Partition Management
- Replication Management
- Kafka Broker Administration
- Capacity Planning
- Performance Tuning
- Kafka Connect
- Schema Registry
- Consumer Group Management
- Offset Monitoring
- SSL/TLS
- SASL Authentication
- ACLs
- Encryption
Job areas
- Software
- Technology
- Data & Analytics
- Finance & Accounting
- Engineering
Additional details
- Minimum experience
- 5+ years
- Apply by
- Sep 5, 2026
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
- Office presence
- 3 days per week
- Seniority
- Mid-Senior level
- Application method
- Direct apply is available