Senior Kafka & DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & CI/CD

Unleash the Power of Data Streaming — Drive Innovation with Cutting-Edge Kafka and DevOps Expertise! Krakow-based opportunity with hybrid work model. As a Senior Kafka & DevOps Engineer, you will be working for our client, a leading global financial institution focused on delivering seamless, secure, and scalable data solutions.

You will support a strategic managed Kafka platform, enabling real-time data processing across multiple regions and tenancy models, and contribute to the development of a robust, Kubernetes-based infrastructure. Join a dynamic, international team and help shape the future of global data ecosystems. Your main responsibilities: Administer and support the Confluent Kafka platform across multiple regions and tenancy models.

Maintain and enhance Kubernetes-based infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and scalability. Build and refine DevOps CI/CD pipelines to accelerate deployment cycles. Collaborate with global stakeholders from Germany, France, the UK, Hong Kong, the US, and China to deliver integrated solutions.

Participate in an on-call rota, providing evening and weekend support to ensure platform stability. Support out-of-hours change activities as needed to minimize downtime. Continuously improve platform security, performance, and reliability.

You're ideal for this role if you have: At least 5 years of proven hands-on experience with Kafka platform administration. Strong expertise in Confluent Kafka and Kubernetes. Experience developing and d