Kafka Specialist

Role: Software Engineer - Kaffka Specialist

Location: London

Daily rate: £750 - £1,000 pd paid inside IR35 via umbrella

Our client, a leading global FinTech is looking to hire someone with stong Kafka Operations and Admin experience to join on a six-month contract.

Spec below:

Strong knowledge required of :

* Linux Admin and Management

* Kafka Admin and Management

* Data replication

* Kerberos

* SSL / TLS

* Active Directory

* Shell scripting

* Github

* AWS skills

* Jenkins

* Ansible

* Packer

* Terraform

Preferred Skills:

* Kubernetes

* docker

* Grafana

* Prometheus

* PCI compliance knowledge

(Cloud)

* AWS Cloud experience

* EKS

* Jenkins

* Git

* DevOps

* Terraform

* Packer

* Development background

* Docker

* Kubernetes

* Helm Charts

* ArgoCD

* GitOps

* Networking concepts & troubleshooting experience

Experience

In-Depth Experience with AWS Cloud Platform Core Components - EC2, EBS , S3, IAM, KMS, Cloudwatch, SQS, SNS, AWS Secret Manager

Experience with Terraform and Ansible

3+ years of experience with Apache Kafka and confluent platform

In-Depth knowledge of Kafka Architecture.

Hands on Experience with Unix Shell scripting, Python, Docker, Jenkins, Kerberos, SSL/TLS. Active Directory

Experience with Packer, Harness, Grafana Prometheus, PCI compliance knowledge is a plus.

Experience with Redhat Linux is a plus

Experience with resolving Vulnerabilities and securing AWS infrastructure is a plus

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain scalable, reliable, and high-performance Kafka cluster in both cloud and on-premise environment.

Develop and maintain Kafka connectors to integration with various data sources and sinks.

Optimize Kafka configurations to ensure maximum performance and reliability.

Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka-related issues, including cluster performance, data loss, and data consistency problems.

Work with Devops teams to implement and manage Kafka deployment using Harness or other similar deployment tools