Kafka Engineer

Role: Kafka EngineerExperience: 8+ YearsLocation: Buffalo grove, IL About the Role We are seeking an experienced Kafka Engineer with strong expertise in designing, building, and maintaining high-performance data streaming platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka, KSQL DB queries, and cloud-based Kafka implementations, along with in-depth knowledge of Kafka internals, cluster management, and enterprise-grade messaging systems. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and support enterprise-level Kafka Distributed Messaging and Integration Ecosystem. Plan, install, configure, and administer Kafka clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. Implement capacity planning, disaster recovery, data replication, and performance optimization strategies. Develop and optimize KSQL DB queries for real-time data processing and analytics. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support data pipelines, network, compute, and storage integrations. Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, and best-practice guides for Kafka implementation and management. Provide troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance tuning for production environments. Required Skills 8+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years in Apache Kafka. Strong hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka Platform. Expertise in KSQL DB Query for real-time analytics. Deep knowledge of Kafka internals, cluster architecture, partitions, replication, and security. Experience with serialization formats such as Apache Avro. Exposure to cloud technologies like GCP and Azure. Strong understanding of disaster recovery planning and platform administration. Good to Have Prior experience with Confluent Kafka implementation projects. Familiarity with cloud-native Kafka deployments and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker). Job Type: Contract Pay: From $50.00 per hour Benefits: Health insurance Work Location: On the road