Senior Kafka Administrator

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November 15

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Synergistic Systems, Inc DBA SynergisticIT

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Synergistic Systems, Inc DBA SynergisticIT is an IT staffing and recruiting firm that connects Fortune 1000 and other enterprise clients with top-tier consultants and full-time technology talent. The company specializes in financial services, insurance, and retirement plan staffing and places experts across AI and data science, big data, cloud and IoT, agile, information security, project management, and application technologies. SynergisticIT uses a proprietary “Intelligent Recruiting Process” combining AI-based talent search with industry expert screening to accelerate submissions, improve hire ratios, and retain consultants for client engagements.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2007

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🤝 B2B

📋 Description

• Configure, manage, and administer Apache Kafka clusters in production environments. • Implement and maintain high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies for Kafka ecosystems. • Manage Kafka brokers, ZooKeeper, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and related components. • Develop and maintain backup, restore, and failover procedures. • Implement and enforce Kafka security standards, including SSL/TLS encryption, SASL, and Kerberos. • Monitor Kafka performance using Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent tools; identify and resolve bottlenecks proactively. • Troubleshoot cluster issues to ensure stability, data integrity, and performance. • Collaborate with development teams to align Kafka infrastructure with business and application requirements. • Optimize Kafka architecture for maintainability, performance, and scalability. • Document configurations, procedures, best practices, and operational workflows.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field • 5+ years of hands-on experience administering Apache Kafka in a production environment • Strong knowledge of Kafka architecture, including brokers, ZooKeeper, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams • Experience implementing HA and DR strategies for distributed environments • Proficiency with Kafka security: SSL/TLS encryption, SASL, Kerberos • Experience with monitoring/alerting platforms such as Prometheus or Grafana • Solid understanding of distributed systems, networking fundamentals, and data flow management • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Major Medical plan • 401K plan • Paid vacations • Paid holidays • Direct deposit of compensation • Dental and Short Term Disability Plans available through AFLAC