Administer Apache Kafka platforms from Calgary, Alberta, working onsite five days weekly across on-premises, cloud, and ROSA environments. Apply cluster management and connector expertise daily. This experienced Kafka Platform Administrator and Developer supports reliable, scalable, highly available event-driven integrations. The work combines platform engineering, development, operations, and monitoring across development, testing, staging, and production. Responsibilities include Kafka Connect, Datadog, GitHub, and production support. Key Responsibilities:

Administer Kafka clusters, brokers, topics, partitions, and access controls Deploy and maintain Kafka services across multiple environments Develop, configure, and troubleshoot source and sink connectors Monitor health, throughput, latency, lag,



and connector status Provide L2/L3 support, incident management, and root cause analysis Requirements:

Eight-plus years in middleware, messaging, streaming, or integration Strong Apache Kafka administration and development experience Hands-on Kafka experience with Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS Experience with Kafka Connect, GitHub, Datadog, and Kafka CLI Knowledge of security, Linux, networking, SQL, and serialization formats Use Kafka administration, connector development, monitoring, and operational support skills in Calgary’s onsite enterprise setting.

📌 Senior Kafka Platform Administrator (Winnipeg)
🏢 Tekfortune
📍 Winnipeg