Confluent jobs in Bengaluru, Karnataka

Kafka Administrator / Confluent Kafka Engineer

Experience: 4.5 – 6 Years
Location: Bangalore (Hybrid – 3 Days WFO)
Employment Type: Direct Contract with Haparz
Budget: Up to 18 LPA
Shift: General Shift

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Confluent Kafka Administrator to manage, optimize, and support enterprise-scale Kafka streaming platforms. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Confluent Kafka administration, cluster management, monitoring, security, performance tuning, and event-driven architecture.

The candidate will be responsible for ensuring high availability, scalability, reliability, and security of Kafka environments while collaborating with development and integration teams to support real-time data streaming solutions.

Key ResponsibilitiesKafka Platform Administration

• Install, configure, and administer Confluent Kafka clusters.
• Manage Kafka Brokers, ZooKeeper, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, Control Center, and REST Proxy.
• Monitor Kafka environments using Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, or similar tools.
• Implement proactive alerting, logging, and health monitoring.
• Perform Kafka cluster upgrades, maintenance, and patching.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of Kafka infrastructure.
• Conduct capacity planning and performance optimization.
• Design and maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies.

Development & Integration

• Create and manage Kafka topics, partitions, producers, and consumers.
• Develop and maintain Kafka Connect integrations.
• Build streaming pipelines connecting enterprise applications and databases.
• Implement schema governance using Confluent Schema Registry.
• Work with Avro, JSON, and Protobuf serialization formats.
• Support event-driven architecture initiatives across the organization.
• Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot Kafka-related issues.

Security & Governance

• Configure Kafka security using RBAC, ACLs, TLS, SASL, and OAuth.
• Implement data governance and retention policies.
• Manage audit logging and compliance requirements.
• Ensure secure communication across Kafka components.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bangalore City, Bengaluru, Karnataka