
Kafka DevOps Engineer (m/f)
- Luxemburg
- Unbefristet
- Vollzeit
- Deploy, configure, monitor, and maintain Kafka clusters in a high-availability production environment
- Tune Kafka configurations, partitions, replication, and producers/consumers to ensure efficient message streaming
- Automate Kafka infrastructure deployment and management using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
- Implement robust monitoring solutions (e.g., Dynatrace) and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and failures
- Ensure secure data transmission, access control, and compliance with security best practices (SSL/TLS, RBAC, Kerberos)
- Integrate Kafka with CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes to improve efficiency and reliability
- Analyze workloads and plan for horizontal scaling, resource optimization, and failover strategies
- Work closely with development teams to support Kafka-based applications and ensure seamless data flow
- Training and technical support to end users and other stakeholders
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Kafka administration
- Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (setup, tuning, and troubleshooting)
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Kubernetes-based Kafka deployments
- Familiarity with Kafka Connect, KSQL, Schema Registry, Zookeeper
- Knowledge of logging and monitoring tools (Dynatrace, ELK, Splunk)
- Understanding of networking, security, and access control for Kafka clusters
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD)
- Ability to analyze logs, debug issues, and propose proactive improvements
- An ITIL qualification is an asset
- Experience with Confluent Kafka or other managed Kafka solutions
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and stream processing (Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams)
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) for Kafka networking is a plus
- Certifications in Kafka, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms is a plus
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.