Kafka Administrator at AARP | Torre

Kafka Administrator

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Full-time

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USD45 - 50/hour
Negotiable
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Remote (for United States residents)
Posted 27 days ago

Responsibilities


Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and maintain robust Kafka clusters to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance across the enterprise. - Monitor cluster health, performance metrics, and resource utilization to proactively identify and resolve potential bottlenecks or failures. - Manage Kafka security configurations, including authentication, authorization, and encryption, to ensure compliance with healthcare industry data protection standards. - Perform routine maintenance tasks such as version upgrades, patch management, and configuration tuning to optimize system stability. - Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to provide architectural guidance on Kafka topics, partitions, and consumer group strategies. - Troubleshoot complex production issues related to data streaming, message delivery, and cluster connectivity. - Implement and maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies to ensure data integrity and business continuity. - Automate administrative tasks and infrastructure provisioning using scripting languages and configuration management tools. Requirements: - Must be located in the United States. - Minimum of 10+ years of professional experience in information technology, with a strong focus on distributed systems and messaging platforms. - Deep technical expertise in Kafka administration, including cluster architecture, Zookeeper management, and Kafka Connect. - Proven experience working within the healthcare industry, with a solid understanding of data privacy regulations and security requirements. - Strong proficiency in Linux system administration and networking concepts relevant to distributed messaging environments. - Experience with monitoring and logging tools to maintain visibility into cluster performance and health. - Ability to analyze complex data streaming requirements and translate them into efficient, scalable Kafka configurations. - Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a high-stakes, production-critical environment. - Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams.
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