Administrator

Experience: 7+ years

Qualification - BE/BTech/MCA only

Location – Mumbai

Banking domain is must

Working week – 5 days with alternate Saturdays working from client location as per Bank norms

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days

Job Title: Kafka Administrator

Job Summary:

Kafka Administrator

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and administer

  Apache Kafka clusters

  in production and non-production environments.
• Manage

  Kafka brokers, Zookeeper nodes

  , and plan transition to

  KRaft-based architecture

  .
• Design and implement

  Kafka Connect pipelines

  ,

  ksqlDB queries

  , and

  Kafka Streams

  applications.
• Handle

  Kafka security

  configurations (SSL, SASL, ACLs) and integrations with monitoring/logging systems.
• Perform

  performance tuning and JVM optimization

  for Kafka components and Java-based clients.
• Develop and maintain

  Shell scripts

  to automate Kafka operations and monitoring tasks.
• Use

  Docker

  to containerize Kafka ecosystem tools for deployment and testing.
• Implement

  backup and disaster recovery plans

  for Kafka data and configurations.
• Monitor and manage

  Kafka throughput, latency, disk usage,

  and

  cluster health

  .
• Troubleshoot network-level issues, including

  TCP/IP connectivity

  ,

  firewall rules

  ,

  load balancers

  , and

  DNS resolutions

  impacting Kafka availability.
• Work closely with developers, DevOps, and security teams to support application integration with Kafka.
• Maintain detailed documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases for Kafka infrastructure.

Technical Skills Required:

Core Skills:

• Apache Kafka (3+ years in Kafka admin role)

• Zookeeper

  and

  Kafka KRaft (Raft-based consensus architecture)

• Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB

• Java

  and

  JVM tuning

  (heap, GC, thread dump analysis)

• Shell Scripting (Bash/Unix scripting)

• Linux System Administration

• Docker

  for containerization of Kafka components

• Performance Optimization

  and resource tuning for Kafka clusters

Networking & Security:

• TCP/IP

  ,

  Firewalls

  ,

  Load Balancers

  ,

  DNS

• Kafka over

  SSL/SASL

  , setting up

  Kafka ACLs

  , and configuring secure client access

Other Valuable Skills:

• Experience with

  Monitoring Tools

  : Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Confluent Control Center
• Backup strategies using Kafka MirrorMaker or other replication tools
• Experience with distributed systems, HA/DR setups
• Cloud exposure (optional): Kafka on AWS MSK / Azure Event Hub / Confluent Cloud