TechOps-AMS-Kafka-admin-Senior
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Job Summary
At EY youll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with the global scale support inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And were counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.
Career FamilyTechnology ConsultingRole TypeTechnical Engineering and SupportRole Rank42Current Rank:CS / CBS1/2/3
The opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Confluent Kafka Administrator to manage and maintain our Kafka infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5-8 years of experience with Confluent Kafka and a strong background in data streaming and real-time data processing.
Your key responsibilities
- Kafka Cluster Management: Install configure and manage Kafka clusters including Confluent Kafka components.
- Monitoring and Performance Tuning: Monitor Kafka clusters for performance reliability and capacity planning. Optimize Kafka performance and troubleshoot issues.
- Security: Implement and manage security measures for Kafka clusters including encryption authentication and authorization.
- Data Integration: Work with development teams to integrate Kafka with various data sources and sinks.
- Upgrades and Patching: Plan and execute upgrades and patches for Kafka clusters to ensure they are up-to-date with the latest features and security fixes.
- Disaster Recovery: Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans for Kafka clusters.
- Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for Kafka configurations processes and procedures.
- Support: Provide support for Kafka-related issues and work closely with other teams to resolve any problems.
- Topic Management: Manage Kafka topics including adding and removing topic configurations setting cleanup policies and configuring retention times.
- Support 24/7 shift coverage for BAU production support. Ready to work in Shift and flexible to work on weekends.
Skills and attributes for success
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience with Confluent Kafka.
- Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of Kafka architecture Kraft mode (Kafka Raft) Kafka Connect Kafka Streams and KSQL.
- Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. Python Bash) and automation tools (e.g. Ansible Terraform).
- Monitoring Tools: Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus Grafana Dynatrace and Splunk ITSI.
- Security: Knowledge of security best practices for Kafka including SSL/TLS Kerberos and RBAC.
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
To qualify for the role you must have
- Certifications: Confluent Certified Administrator or Developer.
- Cloud Experience: Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and managing Kafka in cloud environments.
- DevOps: Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.
- Database Knowledge: Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL MySQL or MongoDB.
- Big Data Technologies: Familiarity with big data technologies like Hadoop Spark or Flink.
- Containerization and Orchestration: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- CI/CD Pipelines: Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Agile Methodologies: Experience working in Agile development environments.
Soft Skills:
Strong leadership project management and mentoring skills.
What we offer
EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations Argentina China India the Philippines Poland and the UK and with teams from all EY service lines geographies and sectors playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business GDS you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. Well introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people learning skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.
- Continuous learning: Youll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: Well provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact your way.
- Transformative leadership: Well give you the insights coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: Youll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
EY Building a better working world
EY exists to build a better working world helping to create long-term value for clients people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data and technology diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow transform and operate.
Working across assurance consulting law strategy tax and transactions EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
Key Skills
- Data Entry
- Adobe Acrobat
- AS400
- EDI
- Microsoft Outlook
- Cloud Architecture
- Microsoft Excel
- Quick Books
- Administrative Experience
- Order Fulfillment
- Project Implementation
- Sales Support
About Company
We bring together business and technology solutions to help organisations transform finance and FP&A, supporting it to become a driver of value creation.
