Infra Lead(kafka Admin) (India)

Title Infra Lead Kafka admin Location Hyderabad Pune Bangalore Exp 8 yrs Key Responsibilities - Lead Kafka infrastructure initiatives including setup configuration monitoring and optimization - Manage Kafka clusters in production and non-production environments on-prem and cloud - Implement and maintain security protocols including SSL Kerberos and RBAC - Monitor performance metrics and proactively address bottlenecks or failures - Collaborate with DevOps application and data engineering teams to support integration and delivery pipelines - Automate operational tasks using scripting and configuration management tools e g Ansible Terraform - Drive capacity planning disaster recovery and failover strategies - Maintain documentation for Kafka architecture operational procedures and troubleshooting guides - Mentor junior team members and contribute to infrastructure best practices Required Skills Qualifications - 8 years of experience in IT infrastructure with at least 4 years in Kafka administration - Robust understanding of Kafka internals brokers topics partitions replication consumer groups - Experience with Kafka Connect Schema Registry and Kafka Streams - Proficiency in Linux system administration and shell scripting - Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK or Splunk - Hands-on experience with cloud platforms AWS Azure GCP and containerization Docker Kubernetes - Knowledge of CI CD pipelines and infrastructure as code - Excellent problem-solving communication and leadership skills Preferred Qualifications - Kafka certification e g Confluent Certified Administrator - Experience with other messaging systems e g RabbitMQ ActiveMQ - Exposure to data platforms like Hadoop Spark or Flink .