We are seeking an experienced Kafka Engineer to lead the migration of MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka) to a future platform, potentially Confluent Kafka. The role involves architectural design, implementation of migration strategies, troubleshooting, and integration with AWS services. The position is fully remote and contract based with a 6-month term.
Requirements
- Proven experience with Apache Kafka in production environments
- Hands-on experience with AWS MSK
- Prior involvement in Kafka migration projects, ideally to/from Confluent Kafka
- Strong understanding of Kafka internals
- Familiarity with Confluent Kafka ecosystem
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) is a plus
- Excellent troubleshooting and performance tuning skills