Kafka Specialist/Senior Kafka Engineer - Python/Grafana (8-10 yrs)

Job Title: Kafka Specialist / Senior Kafka Engineer.

Location: Hyderabad (Work from Office).

Experience: 8+ years.

Type: Contract.

Notice Period: Immediate to 10 Days preferred.

Job Description :

We are looking for an experienced Kafka Specialist with 8+ years of IT experience, including strong expertise in building and managing Kafka-based streaming solutions.

This is a contract role, based onsite in Hyderabad.

The ideal candidate should have deep knowledge of the Kafka ecosystem and hands-on experience with real-time data pipelines.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and manage scalable real-time data streaming solutions using Apache Kafka.

- Set up and maintain Kafka clusters, topics, and partitions.

- Implement and manage Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and Schema Registry.

- Work with engineering teams to integrate Kafka into various platforms and services.

- Monitor Kafka performance and ensure high availability and fault tolerance.

- Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka-related issues in production environments.

Required Skills :

- 8+ years of IT experience, with 4+ years in Kafka.

- Expertise in Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams.

- Proficient in Java/Scala or Python for developing Kafka consumers/producers.

- Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture.

- Familiarity with Avro, Protobuf, or JSON schema formats.

- Hands-on with tools like ZooKeeper, Confluent Platform, Grafana, Prometheus.

Good to Have :

- Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).

- Understanding of CI/CD and automation tools.