Kafka Admin and Kubernetes (Contract)
New York, NY, United States (On-site)
Contract (4 months 21 days)
Published 3 hours ago
monitoring tools
troubleshooting skills
Automation scripting
security management
Kafka architecture
cluster management
kubernetes
Kafka Testing experience
authentication

A Kafka Administrator is responsible for the installation, configuration, management, and monitoring of Apache Kafka clusters, ensuring high availability, security, and optimal performance. They manage the Kafka environment, including brokers, topics, and partitions, and work with other teams to integrate Kafka with various systems.

• Kafka Cluster Management: Installing, configuring, and maintaining Kafka clusters, including high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
• Performance Optimization: Monitoring performance, identifying bottlenecks, and fine-tuning Kafka for optimal throughput and latency.
• Security Management: Implementing and managing security configurations, including access control, authentication and encryption.
• Monitoring and Alerting: Setting up and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and address issues.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnosing and resolving issues within the Kafka ecosystem, including performance problems, connectivity issues, and data-related problems.
• Integration: Collaborating with development and other teams to integrate Kafka with other systems and applications, including data ingestion and real-time data streaming.
• Documentation: Creating and maintaining documentation for Kafka configurations, processes, and procedures.

• Automation: Automating routine tasks and developing scripts to streamline cluster management.Capacity Planning: Assessing current and future resource needs to ensure the Kafka environment can scale effectively.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Cluster Management: Setting up, configuring, and managing Kubernetes clusters, including both on-premises and cloud-based deployments.
• Configuration & Deployment: Configuring cluster components, deploying applications, and managing their lifecycle.
• Troubleshooting: Identifying and resolving issues related to cluster components, applications, networking, and storage.
• Security: Implementing and maintaining security best practices for Kubernetes clusters and applications.
• Monitoring & Logging: Monitoring cluster and application resource usage and managing container output streams.
• Storage Management: Configuring and managing persistent volumes and persistent volume claims.
• Networking: Managing Kubernetes networking, including services and ingress.Scaling: Scaling applications and resources within the cluster to meet changing demands.
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  The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $36.98/hour - $57.79/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
  Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.

• Kafka Cluster Management: Installing, configuring, and maintaining Kafka clusters, including high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
• Performance Optimization: Monitoring performance, identifying bottlenecks, and fine-tuning Kafka for optimal throughput and latency.
• Security Management: Implementing and managing security configurations, including access control, authentication and encryption.
• Monitoring and Alerting: Setting up and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and address issues.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnosing and resolving issues within the Kafka ecosystem, including performance problems, connectivity issues, and data-related problems.
• Integration: Collaborating with development and other teams to integrate Kafka with other systems and applications, including data ingestion and real-time data streaming.
• Documentation: Creating and maintaining documentation for Kafka configurations, processes, and procedures.
• Automation: Automating routine tasks and developing scripts to streamline cluster management.Capacity Planning: Assessing current and future resource needs to ensure the Kafka environment can scale effectively