Kafka Specialist

Role: Software Engineer - Kaffka SpecialistLocation: LondonDaily rate: £750 - £1,000 pd paid inside IR35 via umbrellaOur client, a leading global FinTech is looking to hire someone with stong Kafka Operations and Admin experience to join on a six-month contract.Spec below:Strong knowledge required of : * Linux Admin and Management * Kafka Admin and Management * Data replication * Kerberos * SSL / TLS * Active Directory * Shell scripting * Github * AWS skills * Jenkins * Ansible * Packer * TerraformPreferred Skills: * Kubernetes * docker * Grafana * Prometheus * PCI compliance knowledge (Cloud) * AWS Cloud experience * EKS * Jenkins * Git * DevOps * Terraform * Packer * Development background * Docker * Kubernetes * Helm Charts * ArgoCD * GitOps * Networking concepts & troubleshooting experienceExperience In-Depth Experience with AWS Cloud Platform Core Components - EC2, EBS , S3, IAM, KMS, Cloudwatch, SQS, SNS, AWS Secret Manager Experience with Terraform and Ansible 3+ years of experience with Apache Kafka and confluent platform In-Depth knowledge of Kafka Architecture. Hands on Experience with Unix Shell scripting, Python, Docker, Jenkins, Kerberos, SSL/TLS. Active Directory Experience with Packer, Harness, Grafana Prometheus, PCI compliance knowledge is a plus. Experience with Redhat Linux is a plus Experience with resolving Vulnerabilities and securing AWS infrastructure is a plus
Key Responsibilities Build and maintain scalable, reliable, and high-performance Kafka cluster in both cloud and on-premise environment. Develop and maintain Kafka connectors to integration with various data sources and sinks. Optimize Kafka configurations to ensure maximum performance and reliability. Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka-related issues, including cluster performance, data loss, and data consistency problems. Work with Devops teams to implement and manage Kafka deployment using Harness or other similar deployment tools
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