Senior Kafka Developer

*** SENIOR KAFKA DEVELOPER REQUIRED IN LONDON****
Duration- 6 months
Hybrid working 2 days a week office based.
Rate: Competitive via Umbrella company
My client is a blue chip FMCG and retail brand that serve millions of customers every week from all over the globe. With over 6,000 stores internationally my client is a well-known household name that offer several exciting opportunities.
The role
As a Senior Kafka Engineer, you will be dedicated to architecting and design, facilitating seamless consumption of Cloud and Middleware platform offerings. You will be accountable for leading the engineering of the software components, including strategy, design, build, documentation, and testing. Working with your colleagues in the wider team, you'll be bringing products to life as part of a modern developer focused experience for Messaging products.
You will be responsible for
· Design, deploy, and manage Apache Kafka clusters in our data centre and Azure environment.
· Manage topics and access control lists (ACLs).
· Monitor and balance the cluster to optimize resource utilization.
· Diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues within the Kafka clusters.
· Oversee system upgrades and patching to maintain platform stability and security.
· Onboard new applications to seamlessly integrate with the Kafka messaging system.
· Manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters.
· Use Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
Desirable skills
· Able to automate the operation of Azure Infrastructure.
· Operating Systems (Windows / Linux): using desired state configuration management tooling
· CI/CD pipelines: can create a CI/CD pipeline to deploy Infrastructure changes.
· Manage virtual networks within the Azure environment.
· Communicate effectively with Azure support to resolve any technical issues that may arise.
· Experience with Azure services
· Experience of managing Kafka cluster in production environment, including additional tasks like user/authentication management, cluster balancing, and system upgrades.
· Can troubleshoot failures, determine root causes, and make any escalations as appropriate.
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