Senior Technology Architect

Infosys Public Services is seeking a Kafka Subject Matter Expert to join our team.

Position Description (scope of work or brief narrative):

Tasks might include (neither exhaustive nor restrictive):

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Kafka event streaming capabilities in applications and infrastructure across hybrid multi-cloud environments.
• Experience producing IT technical artifacts with an emphasis on kafka event streams including design documents architecture diagrams architecture assessments white papers test plans requirements mapping and implementation plans.
• In-depth knowledge of design principles and inner workings of kafka implementations and applicable use cases for migrating applications from legacy style to modern style with the use of Event Streams and Async APIs.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Apache Kafka Confluent Platform Confluent Cloud.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Apache Strimzi Confluent for Kubernetes.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Cloud services with Kafka API compatibility (e.g. Azure Event Hub Amazon MSK)o Demonstrable knowledge of Confluent Schema Registry and serialization using JSON and AVRO schemas.
• Demonstrable knowledge of kafka replication options including Mirror Maker Confluent Cluster Linking and Schema Linking.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Confluent Identity Mgmt and RBAC integrated/federated with enterprise IDP & role management.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Kafka Client APIs (Producer Consumer Streams).
• Demonstrable knowledge of Kafka Connect and Connectors (e.g. JDBC Cassandra Google Big Query WebSphere MQ etc.
• Demonstrable knowledge of sizing and capacity planning for Kafka clusters.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Kafka topic partitioning strategies including partition key design strategies.

Chosen resource should exhibit through actual work experience not merely training:

• Integrating kafka event streams with Agentic AI workflows.
• Using design patterns for building scalable and maintainable applications/solutions.
• Clearly document code models and technical solutions.
• Proficiency in Generative AI and prompt engineering.
• Continuous learning and adaptability in a very large IT organization
• Communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Troubleshooting software and technical implementations in large-scale enterprise ecosystems.
• Understanding of concepts like CI/CD containerization and deployment strategies for Kafka components in large-scale production environments.
• Querying and managing data in both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency creating technical diagrams with products like Microsoft Visio or .
• Proficiency creating technical design and architecture documents in Microsoft Word.
• Proficiency creating business and technical presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Proficiency creating data representations charts and reports in tools such as Microsofts Excel worksheets and Power BI.

Educational Requirements:

A Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent is required from an accredited institution. Will consider three years of progressive relevant work experience instead of every year of education. Candidates who have completed a Masters degree program are strongly preferred.

The job entails sitting and working at a computer for extended periods. Should be able to communicate by telephone email or face-to-face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements.