Lead Confluent Kafka Engineer

Job Description: Lead Confluent Kafka Engineer Role Summary We are looking for an experienced Lead Confluent Kafka Engineer to support the deployment, configuration, administration, and production operations of Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform .

requires strong hands-on expertise in Kafka, Java, Spring Boot, Linux, security, troubleshooting, and data streaming , with responsibility for maintaining reliable, secure, and highly available Kafka environments. Position Details Job Title: Lead Confluent Kafka Engineer Employment Type: Full-Time Work Arrangement: Onsite Location: Islamabad Experience Required: 5 to 10 years Education: Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Deploy, configure, and maintain Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform across development, UAT, and production environments. Support Kafka cluster provisioning, broker configuration, topic creation, partitioning, replication, retention, and capacity management . Perform Kafka upgrades, patches, rolling restarts, configuration changes, and cluster expansion with minimal production impact.

Support deployment of Kafka components such as Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Control Center, and supporting services . Troubleshoot production issues involving brokers, partitions, ISR, replication, consumer lag, throughput, latency, storage, and connectivity . Manage Kafka security configuration, including TLS/mTLS, SASL, ACLs, certificates, keystores, and truststores .

Support Java/Spring Boot Kafk