Kafka Engineer

Title: Integration Platform Engineer (Kafka) Location: Merrifield, VA Employment Type: Contract Compensation: Pay Range;$59.00-$69.00 Per Hr Description This remote contract position involves managing and supporting enterprise-level messaging and event-driven platforms. The role requires expertise in a specific messaging technology, with responsibilities including deployment management, troubleshooting, and integration with cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines. Manage multi-environment deployments, including Development, QA, Performance, DR, and Production. Conduct cluster sizing, broker management, partition strategy, and capacity planning. Troubleshoot issues at the producer, consumer, broker, and cluster levels. Implement high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-cluster replication strategies. Ensure security through TLS, mTLS, RBAC, ACLs, encryption, and authentication mechanisms. Key Responsibilities Administer and support enterprise messaging platforms. Oversee deployment strategies across various environments. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues efficiently. Integrate messaging platforms with cloud and CI/CD tools. Implement and maintain security protocols and disaster recovery plans. Qualifications 5 years of experience in supporting enterprise messaging platforms. 3 years of hands-on experience with a specific messaging technology. Experience in managing multi-environment deployments. Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and integration patterns. Preferred certifications in relevant technologies. Core Technologies Messaging Technology | Cluster Management Tools | Stream Processing Technologies | Security Protocols | Cloud Integration Tools Contact Authorization By applying for this job, you agree to receive AI-generated calls, text messages, and/or emails from OpenKyber and its affiliates and contracted partners at various frequency through traditional and automated methods. Message and data rates may apply for texts. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can access our privacy policy here Onboarding Expectations Learn more about our Onboarding Process here EEO Statement Learn more about our EEO policy here #LI-GV1

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