Principle Kafka Engineer
flextonHamilton (OH)
About the role
Required Qualifications
Experience:
3–5+ years of Kafka administration experience and 10+ years in software development or systems engineering.
Technical Skills:
o Java (Object Oriented Programming), Kafka, Software Architecture, Vulnerability Management o Proficient in Cluster Management - Zookeeper, KRaft o Strong object-oriented programming skills; Java, Go, Python o Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Salt. o Java backend development experience with Spring Boot. o Solid understanding of software design patterns. Expertise in Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform, including Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Avro, and KSQL.
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