Technology/Domain Specialist II - Kafka (OVA5718)
Ovations Technologies · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- This is a 12 – month contract with our client in the banking sector
- Drive the availability, security, and scalability of our enterprise event-streaming ecosystem. As a Senior Systems/Platform Engineer, you will own, automate, and manage our Kafka infrastructure—ensuring peak performance, robust observability, and seamless cloud integration.
Key Responsibilities
- Kafka Platform Administration: Design, deploy, configure, and maintain production Kafka clusters Confluent Platform and/or Confluent Cloud.
- Automation & IaC: Provision, manage, and automate cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Terraform, Ansible, and Python/Bash scripting.
- Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce end-to-end Kafka security controls, including TLS/SSL encryption, SASL authentication, and ACLs.
- Observability & Performance: Build and optimize real-time monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or Azure Monitor.
- Linux Systems Engineering: Troubleshoot complex low-level Linux systems, network, and platform-level issues to ensure high availability and reliability.
Minimum Requirements
- Systems Engineering: 6+ years of hands-on experience in Systems or Platform Engineering.
- Kafka Expertise: 4+ years of direct, hands-on administration of Apache Kafka preferably Confluent Platform / Confluent Cloud.
- Cloud & DevOps: Strong background in Azure cloud infrastructure alongside CI/CD workflows and Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform / Ansible.
- Scripting: Advanced proficiency in Python or Bash.
- Systems & Security: Deep Linux troubleshooting experience and solid expertise in Kafka security protocols TLS/SSL, SASL, ACLs.