Kafka Engineer

2 - 7 years

4 - 8 Lacs

Posted:4 weeks ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and motivated

Kafka Engineer

to design, implement, and maintain robust event-driven data pipelines and real-time streaming applications. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Apache Kafka, data streaming architectures, and distributed systems, and will play a critical role in ensuring the high availability, performance, and scalability of our data infrastructure.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and manage

    Kafka-based data streaming solutions

    .
  • Set up, configure, and maintain

    Kafka clusters

    , brokers, topics, and schemas.
  • Monitor, optimize, and ensure the

    availability and performance

    of Kafka services.
  • Implement

    Kafka Connect

    ,

    Kafka Streams

    , and

    Schema Registry

    as needed.
  • Develop producers and consumers for real-time data ingestion and processing.
  • Collaborate with DevOps, Data Engineering, and Backend teams to integrate Kafka with other systems (eg, Spark, Flink, MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
  • Automate deployment, scaling, and recovery of Kafka components.
  • Implement monitoring and alerting tools (eg, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).
  • Ensure

    data security

    ,

    compliance

    , and

    governance

    across Kafka pipelines.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for production systems.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with

    Apache Kafka

    in production environments.
  • Strong programming skills in

    Java

    ,

    Scala

    , or

    Python

    .
  • Experience with

    Kafka Connect

    ,

    Kafka Streams

    , and

    Kafka REST Proxy

    .
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems, messaging systems, and real-time data processing.
  • Familiarity with

    Docker

    ,

    Kubernetes

    , and

    CI/CD pipelines

    .
  • Experience with monitoring tools like

    Confluent Control Center

    ,

    Prometheus

    ,

    Grafana

    , or

    Datadog

    .
  • Proficiency with Linux/Unix systems and scripting.

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