Senior DevOps Engineer with Kafka Expertise

1 day ago


Remote, Czech Republic Sopra Steria Poland Full time

At Sopra Steria Poland, we are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team on a project developed for one of our clients. European Commission DIGIT is the internal IT hosting services provider for the EC and other European Institutions.

Job Description

The ideal candidate will take ownership of the Kafka service within our client's IT ecosystem, responsible for implementing and maintaining Kafka infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance. This role requires deep expertise in Apache Kafka, strong automation skills, and experience managing distributed data streaming platforms in a complex enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Implement and maintain Kafka infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
  • Deploy, configure, monitor, and maintain Kafka clusters in a high-availability production environment.
  • Tune Kafka configurations, partitions, replication, and producers/consumers to ensure efficient message streaming.
  • Automate Kafka infrastructure deployment and management using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
  • Implement robust monitoring solutions and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and failures.
  • Ensure secure data transmission, access control, and compliance with security best practices (SSL/TLS, RBAC, Kerberos).
  • Integrate Kafka with CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes to improve efficiency and reliability.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Deep expertise in Apache Kafka.
  • Strong automation skills.
  • Experience managing distributed data streaming platforms in a complex enterprise environment.
  • Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Kubernetes-based Kafka deployments.
  • Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).
  • Experience with logging and monitoring tools (Dynatrace, ELK, Splunk).
  • Understanding of networking, security, and access control for Kafka clusters.
  • Ability to analyze logs, debug issues, and propose proactive improvements.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Strong communications skills (oral/written) to interact effectively and professionally with both internal and external customers.
Nice to Have

While not required, having experience with the following would be beneficial:

  • Confluent Kafka or other managed Kafka solutions.
  • Event-driven architectures and stream processing (Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams).
  • Service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) for Kafka networking.
  • Certifications in Kafka, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms.
What We Offer

We offer a range of benefits and opportunities for professional growth and development:

  • A competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunities for career advancement and professional growth.
  • A dynamic and supportive work environment.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools.
  • Collaborative and inclusive team culture.


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