Role Overview
As a Senior Consultant, you will contribute to different phases of the consulting lifecycle, defining problems, proposing and refining solutions, and guiding teams on project processes and deliverables. You will shape value-adding consulting solutions that enable clients to meet the changing needs of the global landscape.
What You Will Do
* Design, deploy, and manage Apache Kafka clusters on Kubernetes using Strimzi Operator and CRD-based management.
* Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for Kafka clusters, topics, users, and ACLs using Helm, Terraform, and GitOps pipelines.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This is a senior technical role requiring deep Kafka operations knowledge, hands‑on Kubernetes and GitOps experience, and a passion for continuous improvement and automation.
Requirements
* Strong understanding of Kafka architecture, partitions, offsets, replication, and consumer groups.
* Hands‑on experience with Kafka administration and tuning in production‑grade environments.
* Expertise in Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and Schema Registry management.
* Ability to design and operate multi‑cluster, multi‑environment Kafka deployments.
* Experience managing Kafka on Kubernetes (OpenShift/AKS) using Strimzi Operator – Confluent Cloud experience alone is not sufficient.
* Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation and integration workflows.
* GitOps frameworks (ArgoCD / FluxCD) for declarative infrastructure management.
* Experience with Crossplane for managing Kafka and other infrastructure resources as code.
* Helm chart authoring and management for reusable deployments.
* Strong scripting skills (Python / Go / Bash) for automation and custom tooling.
* Observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana Cloud, OpenTelemetry, ELK, PKI, secrets management, CertManager, Vault (HashiCorp) for secure key and certificate handling.
* Implementation of zero‑trust, least‑privilege ACLs, and end‑to‑end data encryption.
* Experience in ITIL-based processes (Incident, Problem, and Change Management).
* Familiarity with ServiceNow for ticketing and service reporting.
Benefits
* High analytical skills
* A high degree of initiative and flexibility
* High customer orientation
* High quality awareness
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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