Kafka Engineer

7 - 12 years

11 - 20 Lacs

Posted:2 days ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Role & responsibilities

  • Design and architect

    scalable Kafka-based data streaming platforms

    to support real-time data ingestion, processing, and delivery across business-critical systems.
  • Own the full lifecycle of Kafka implementations from

    initial design and deployment to monitoring, tuning, and support

    in production environments.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (DevOps, Data Engineering, Application Development) to

    integrate Kafka with microservices, databases, and big data tools

    (e.g., Spark, Flink, Hadoop).
  • Lead

    Kafka cluster management

    activities, including capacity planning, partitioning strategies, replication, retention policies, and disaster recovery.
  • Develop

    automated monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions

    to ensure observability and resilience of the Kafka ecosystem.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka performance issues, message delivery failures, and consumer/producer bottlenecks.
  • Ensure compliance with

    data governance, security, and operational best practices

    .

Preferred candidate profile

  • Experience in

    enterprise-scale Kafka deployments

    (multi-tenant, high-throughput, real-time use cases)
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures
  • Familiarity with

    regulatory and security compliance

    in data streaming environments
  • Ability to

    mentor junior engineers

    and lead technical initiatives across teams

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