~8+ years of experience in designing and architecting solutions using Confluent Kafka, with hands-on experience in Confluent Kafka
br~ Ability to lead client engagements, translate business requirements into technical solutions, and guide implementation teams
br~ Deep understanding of Kafka internals, KRaft architecture, and Confluent components
br~ Experience with Confluent Cloud, Stream Governance, Data Lineage, and RBAC
br~ Expertise in stream processing (Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB) and event-driven architecture
br~ Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala
br~ Proven ability to integrate Kafka with enterprise systems (databases, APIs, microservices)
br~ Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes
br~ Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation (Ansible, CFK)