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@tilakmm
Seasoned Kafka-focused DevOps engineer delivering resilient streaming, automation, and observability solutions.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a DevOps engineer with over 7 years of experience specializing in Kafka administration, containerization, and cloud-native operations. I focus on building high-throughput, low-latency streaming platforms and robust automation pipelines that support enterprise-scale data flows.
At DaVita I led Kafka administration, migrations, and performance tuning, working with Confluent tools, MirrorMaker2, and Terraform to ensure reliable replication and observability via Grafana, Dynatrace and Splunk.
I have strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, GCP/GKE and AWS services, creating reproducible builds, managing manifests, and deploying microservices architectures. I routinely troubleshoot complex Docker and distributed-system issues alongside networking and platform teams.
I bring practical expertise in ELK stack deployments, stream processing with Kafka Streams and Connect, and implementing security (Kerberos, TLS, SASL, RBAC). I deliver clear operational runbooks, RCA for incidents, and improvements that boost resilience and observability.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Kafka Administrator
DaVita Kidney Care
Dec 2018 - May 2025 (6 years 5 months)
Managed Confluent Kafka infrastructure and migrations, tuned performance to meet peak throughput/latency targets, and supported major incident RCA and DR replication using MirrorMaker2 and Grafana monitoring.
Elk / Kafka Engineer
Capgemini
Feb 2018 - Nov 2018 (9 months)
Deployed and maintained ELK and Kafka pipelines on AWS, built CI/CD for ELK services, and implemented log ingestion/processing with Beats, Logstash and Elasticsearch to support monitoring and analytics.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
CSCalifornia University of Management & Sciences
Master of Science, Computer Information Systems
2014 - 2016
Completed a Master in Computer Information Systems focused on advanced information systems and applied computing.
JKJawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
2006 - 2010
Completed a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering with foundational engineering coursework and practical projects.
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Location
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