Kafka Developer

Job Title: Kafka DeveloperLocation : 100% Remote RoleDuration : 12+ Months Contract Teams Meeting InterviewJob Description:Excellent Cassandra DB skillsExcellent REST API,Spring boot skillsGood Kafka skillsDesign, deploy, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters across multi-environment production infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and optimal performance for mission-critical message streaming workloads.Monitor cluster health, manage broker configurations, perform capacity planning, and troubleshoot latency and throughput issues using administrative tools (kafka-topics, kafka-configs, kafka-consumer-groups, JMX metrics).Implement security policies including authentication (SASL/SSL), authorization (ACLs), and encryption in transit; manage topic lifecycle, replication factors, and retention policies aligned with business requirements.Conduct cluster upgrades, apply patches, and maintain documentation; collaborate with platform engineering and application teams to support producer/consumer integration and resolve operational issues.Optimize resource utilization, implement monitoring/alerting frameworks (Prometheus, Datadog), and drive disaster recovery procedures to maintain SLAs; stay current with Kafka ecosystem developments including KRaft mode and emerging architectural patterns.