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We are seeking a remote Senior Kafka Platform Support Engineer to join our team of experts. In this role, you will be responsible for the installation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the Kafka platform. You will ensure optimal performance and security, and develop new features, automation, and integration.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Install and provision new Kafka clusters and supporting components
- Monitor the health and performance of the Kafka platform and data pipelines
- Identify and resolve issues related to the platform, including data pipelines, network problems, cloud or containerization resources failures, or software bugs
- Perform regular performance tuning of Kafka platform components
- Monitor and optimize the cost and performance of Kafka clusters
- Upgrade the Kafka platform to newer versions, including planning, testing, and implementation
- Manage the security of the Kafka platform, including access control lists, encryption, and regular security reviews
- Perform regular backups and disaster recovery procedures




- Manage the capacity of the Kafka platform, including projecting future growth and scaling needs
- Document procedures, configurations, and issue resolutions, and share knowledge with the team
- Work with Confluent Support for issues that cannot be resolved in-house
- Support Kafka self-service automations for Topic, RBAC, Schema, Connectors management
- Maintain and enhance onboarding automation scripts
- Implement new features released by the vendor as part of their product roadmap
- Provide support for team requests in Slack and convert to CLOUD Tickets if complexity is high
- Implement and enhance automation scripts and processes to reduce the number of tickets via self-service

REQUIREMENTS:
- 3+ years of relevant professional experience with Kafka
- Proven experience in the implementation and maintenance of Confluent Platform
- Strong knowledge of HELM
- Experience in automating processes and maintaining automated scripts

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📌 Senior Kafka Platform Support Engineer (Colombia)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Colombia