Install, configure, administer, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across Development, Testing,UAT, and Production environments.

- Manage Kafka brokers, topics, partitions, replication factors, and consumer groups to ensureplatform stability and performance.
- Monitor Kafka cluster health, availability, capacity, and resource utilization using enterprisemonitoring tools.
- Perform Kafka performance tuning, capacity planning, and cluster scaling activities to supportgrowing business workloads.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka infrastructure, messaging, connectivity, and performance-relatedissues.
- Configure and manage Kafka security controls including SSL/TLS, SASL authentication, ACLs, andencryption standards.
- Support Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and other ecosystem components required for dataintegration.
- Implement and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions for Kafkaplatforms.
- Perform Kafka upgrades, patching, migration, and platform maintenance activities with minimalbusiness impact.
- Collaborate with application, data engineering, infrastructure,



and DevOps teams to onboard andsupport Kafka-based applications.
- Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, architecture documentation, and supportguides.
- Configure and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management processes for Kafkaenvironments.
- Support production deployments, release activities, and workplace readiness assessments.
- Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventive measures toimprove platform reliability.
- Automate administrative and operational tasks using Shell scripting, Python, or other automationtools.
- Ensure platform compliance with organizational security, governance, audit, and regulatoryrequirements.
- Participate in on-call support and provide timely resolution for critical production issues.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance Kafka platform performance, scalability,security, and operational efficiency

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🏢 Zodiac Solutions
📍 Mississauga