Job Title: Kafka Flink Lead
Location: Bolingbrook IL
Mandatory skill: Confluent Kafka Advanced Knowledge of KSQL DB and Flink
Job Description:
Extensive experience architecting implementing and administering Confluent Cloud Kafka platform in production environments.
Advanced knowledge of KSQL DB and Flink for real-time stream processing/analytics.
Proven proficiency in Kafka Connectors-from configuration to end-to-end integration in cloud environments.
Strong background in platform governance: schema registry RBAC audit logging retention and compliance.
Deep expertise with Terraform and the Confluent Terraform provider; Infrastructure-as-Code methodology and automation.
Practical experience designing and managing Harness CI/CD pipelines or other similar tools.
Advanced knowledge of GCP networking including Private Service Connect (PSC) DNS Firewalls and enterprise security.
Track record in implementing cloud-native monitoring and observability solutions; troubleshooting performance tuning and incident response.
Thorough experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) High Availability (HA) strategies backup/restore and multi-region design.
Practical experience with cost optimization resource monitoring and right-sizing in Confluent Cloud.
Strong abilities in schema management version compatibility and data governance.
Demonstrated capability in capacity planning partitioning and scaling streaming architectures.
Experienced in Agile/DevOps methodologies.
Experience providing hands-on production support for mission-critical streaming platforms.
Experience in working with an offshore/on-site model. The position requires gathering requirements on-site creating detailed design documents and coordinating with offshore for the development/delivery