Lead Software Engineer - Kafka

Chicago, IL

Lead Software Engineer - Kafka

Salary: Open + Bonus

Location: Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX

Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 10+ years of experience in infrastructure Middleware administration and engineering
  • In-depth expertise in Kafka administration, including cluster management, performance tuning, and security.
  • Strong proficiency in IaC tools, specifically Ansible, Terraform and bash Scripting.
  • Extensive experience with cloud automation and provisioning on AWS and Azure.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD tools, including GitHub, Artifactory, Harness and Jenkins.
  • Strong Scripting skills in languages like Python and Bash.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement and manage highly available and scalable Kafka clusters.
  • Monitor Kafka performance, troubleshoot issues and optimize configurations.
  • Develop and maintain IaC using Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration Management.
  • Create and maintain reusable IaC modules.
  • Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure solutions on AWS and Azure.
  • Automate cloud resource provisioning, scaling and management using cloud-native tools and services.
  • Deploy and Manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and Rancher
  • Troubleshoot container-related issues and optimize container performance.
  • Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub, Artifactory, Harness and Jenkins.
Posted 2025-09-23

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