Synechron is seeking a Kafka Administrator to manage, deploy, and maintain Kafka clusters, ensuring optimal performance, availability, and security for real-time data streaming and messaging needs.
Requirements
- At least 5+ years of Kafka administration experience, ideally with confluent platform.
- Demonstrated expertise in Kafka upgrades and production troubleshooting.
- Strong background in Linux system administration.
- Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting for automation.
- Good understanding of Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability.
- Certification on Confluent Kafka is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters in a highly available environment.
- Perform Kafka upgrades and patching ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transitions.
- Administer security protocols and access controls to protect the platform.
- Monitor cluster health and performance using our established monitoring stack(Prometheus, Grafana)
- Troubleshoot and resolve cluster-related incidents such as broker outages, replication lag.
- Develop and enhance automation scripts to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual intervention.
- Assist with planning and managing cluster resources to support future growth.
Other
- Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Information technology or equivalent professional experience.
- A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
- A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
- 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).
- Maternity & paternity leave plans.
