Main Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain high-availability Kafka clusters in production
- Monitor Kafka using tools like Burrow, identify lags and performance bottlenecks
- Handle topic configurations, partitioning, replication, and Zookeeper coordination
- Deploy and configure Kafka environments using Ansible
- Work with developers to support application releases and environment expansions
- Liaise with Cloudera support on Kafka-specific issues
- Maintain and support MirrorMaker/SRM for cross-cluster replication
- Support DR processes and participate in on-call rotations
- Log parsing and integration (e.g. Logstash)
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimise performance and stability
Requirements
- Strong experience operating Kafka clusters in a production environment
- Knowledge of Kafka internals: topics, partitions, replication, Zookeeper
- Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management
- Exposure to Cloudera Kafka distribution (nice to have)
- Knowledge of SQL
- Experience with MirrorMaker/SRM
- Familiarity with log processing tools and Kafka monitoring
- Readiness to work on-call and support critical environments
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
Benefits
- Solid, competitive salary.
- Work in multilingual, multinational and multicultural environment on international projects
- Medical care
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