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Global retail client are in the market for an experienced Kafka SME.
You must be regarded as a Kafka expert. The role is likley to extend, Inside IR35.
Skills and required;
Design, deploy, and manage Apache Kafka clusters in a data centre and Azure environment.
- Manage topics and access control lists (ACLs).
- Monitor and balance the cluster to optimize resource utilization.
- Diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues within the Kafka clusters.
- Oversee system upgrades and patching to maintain platform stability and security.
- Onboard new applications to seamlessly integrate with the Kafka messaging system.
- Manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters.
- Use Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
- Able to automate the operation of Azure Infrastructure.
- Operating Systems (Windows / Linux): using desired state configuration management tooling
- CI/CD pipelines: can create a CI/CD pipeline to deploy Infrastructure changes.
- Communicate effectively with Azure support to resolve any technical issues that may arise.
- Experience with Azure services
- Experience of managing Kafka cluster in production environment, including additional tasks like user/authentication management, cluster balancing, and system upgrades.
- Can troubleshoot failures, determine root causes, and make any escalations as appropriate.
Please reach out to find further information.
