Confluent Kafka Engineer

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Experience: Overall 8+ years of experience in the IT Field 3+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Confluent Kafka in a production environment, including experience with Confluent Control Centre, KSQLDB, Kafka Streams, and Kafka Connect. Proven experience in Kafka development, including producer and consumer API, stream processing, and connector development. Experience with Kafka cluster management, including setup, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design patterns. Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerization (Kubernetes) is a plus. Technical Skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Scala. Strong knowledge of Kafka internals, including brokers, zookeepers, topics, partitions, and offsets. Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and logging frameworks (e.g., Log4j, ELK Stack). Proficiency in using Confluent Control Center for monitoring, managing, and optimizing Kafka clusters. Expertise in Kafka Streams for building scalable, fault-tolerant stream processing applications. Experience with KSQLDB for real-time processing and analytics on Kafka topics. Strong understanding of Kafka Connect for integrating Kafka with external data sources and sinks. Understanding of networking, security, and compliance aspects related to Kafka. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI). Desired Candidate Profile Job Title: Confluent Kafka Engineer - Development, UAT, and Production Support Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE Fulltime Permanent Company Industry ConsultingManagement ConsultingAdvisory Services Department / Functional Area IT Software Keywords Confluent Kafka Engineer Get real-time job updates only on our App