Job Description
Job Role: Kafka Developer with Confluent Migration
Location: Sheffield, UK (Hybrid – 2 days onsite every week)
Employment Type: Contract B2B/Free Lance (Inside IR35)
Duration: Initially 6 Months (Extendable)
Roles & Responsibilities:
Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Senior Kafka Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale Kafka deployments, with specific experience upgrading Kafka clusters. This role requires a deep understanding of Kafka's architecture, internals, and best practices. The candidate must be comfortable working independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
1. Design, implement, and maintain high-throughput, low-latency Kafka clusters.
2. Lead the upgrade of existing Kafka clusters from version 3.3.1 to the latest supported version, ensuring minimal downtime and data integrity.
3. Experience in confluent migration .
4. Develop and implement monitoring and alerting systems for Kafka.
5. Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka-related issues.
6. Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 system availability.
7. ...