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Kafka Engineer

Mondo
Owings Mills, MD Contractor
POSTED ON 4/3/2025 CLOSED ON 4/26/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kafka Engineer position at Mondo?

Job Title: Kafka Engineer

Location-Type: Hybrid - Owning Mills, MD (2 days onsite, 3 days remote)

Start Date Is: 2 weeks from offer

Duration: 6-month contract

Compensation Range: $50-$70/hr


Role Overview


The Kafka Engineer will join the Platform Engineering team, focusing on mission-critical projects within a hybrid multi-cloud environment. The role involves supporting the engineering lifecycle of the Kafka platform, including development, implementation, and maintenance while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and reliability.


Day-to-Day Responsibilities


  • Support systems engineering lifecycle activities for the Kafka platform: requirements gathering, design, testing, implementation, operations, and documentation.
  • Automate platform management processes using Ansible, Python, or other scripting tools.
  • Troubleshoot incidents impacting the Kafka platform and ensure reliability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable solutions meeting business needs.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to address critical issues.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Kafka performance in AWS environments.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation.


Must-Haves


  • Experience: 5-7 years of cloud engineering experience.
  • Kafka Expertise: Deep understanding of Kafka, Kafka Connect, KSQL, and KStreams.
  • Implementation Skills: Experience designing secure Kafka platforms and integrating with multi-cloud environments.
  • Tools & Languages: Proficiency in Ansible, Terraform, Python, Java, and AWS DevOps tools.
  • AWS Knowledge: Strong skills with EC2, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, VPC, and networking fundamentals.
  • Platform Management: Hands-on experience with Kafka clusters, Confluent Kafka, Confluent Cloud, and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana).
  • Linux Expertise: Understanding Linux fundamentals related to Kafka performance.
  • Containerization: Experience with Kubernetes and container management.
  • Scripting: 3 years of Python scripting experience.
  • DevOps Experience: 3 years working with AWS DevOps.
  • Soft Skills: Strong communication, problem-solving, and ability to work collaboratively.


Nice-to-Haves


  • Certifications: Confluent Kafka and/or Kubernetes certifications are a plus.
  • Experience: Working knowledge of distributed Linux environments and complex enterprise software delivery.
  • Technical Communication: Ability to write clear, precise documentation and communicate effectively with cloud operations teams.

Salary : $50 - $70

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