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 controlsDeploy and maintain Kafka services across multiple environmentsDevelop, configure, and troubleshoot source and sink connectorsMonitor health, throughput, latency, lag,



and connector statusProvide L2/L3 support, incident management, and root cause analysisRequirements:

Eight-plus years in middleware, messaging, streaming, or integrationStrong Apache Kafka administration and development experienceHands-on Kafka experience with Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWSExperience with Kafka Connect, GitHub, Datadog, and Kafka CLIKnowledge of security, Linux, networking, SQL, and serialization formatsUse Kafka administration, connector development, monitoring, and operational support skills in Calgary’s onsite enterprise workplace.

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