Kafka Administrator

Grow your career as a Kafka Administrator with an innovative global bank. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration : 8+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree; Master's degree preferred.
• 6+ years of infrastructure engineering experience using Confluent Kafka.
• Expert in installing and maintaining Confluent Platform components including Apache Kafka, Confluent Control Center, Confluent Schema Registry, connectors, Confluent Replicator, and Confluent Security Plugins.
• Strong administration experience for Confluent Kafka.
• Strong scripting skills preferred (Ansible, Bash, Python) for infrastructure automation. Strongly prefer AI-related Python experience as future needs may arise.
• Experience administering Event-Driven Architecture Components : Apache Kafka, Kafka Brokers, Zookeeper, Confluent Control Center, Confluent Schema Registry, Connect cluster, etc.
• Experience performing Confluent Platform installation, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Experience in managing large-scale multi-node Kafka cluster environments.
• Expertise in scripting technologies : Shell or Python for software automation.
• Experience working or leading requirements gathering for multiple large development projects simultaneously.
• Experience performing Confluent Platform installation, upgrades, and maintenance.

Flexibility and ability to work a rotating on-call schedule monthly.

What You Will Be Doing