Software Engineering Lead - Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, gcp
Optum Global Solutions · Hyderabad · onsite · Posted today
Undisclosed9–14 yrsfulltimeSourced from
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Responsibilities
- Manage and support Kafka platforms and ecosystem components across GCP and on-premises Kubernetes environments.
- Plan platform capacity, scalability, and growth in partnership with application teams.
- Design, implement, and maintain Kafka Disaster Recovery (DR) and business continuity solutions.
- Build and enhance automation using Terraform, Ansible, Git, Jenkins, and related DevOps tools.
- Design, configure, and support Kafka Connect source and sink integrations following best practices.
- Research and implement new messaging platform capabilities, including AI-driven operational improvements.
- Analyze upstream and downstream data dependencies to ensure platform reliability and performance.
- Drive platform architecture, operational excellence, and continuous service improvements.
- Translate complex technical and operational data into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
- Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure SLA compliance.
- Monitor platform health, troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and implement corrective actions.
- Coordinate with application, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to resolve production issues.
- Support platform upgrades, patching, maintenance activities, DR testing, and after-hours operational requirements.
- Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, monitoring, and alerting standards.
- Demonstrate strong analytical skills, a product mindset, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field
- Hands-on experience managing Kafka clusters in GCP and on-premises Kubernetes environments.
- Experience leveraging AI technologies to drive automation and operational efficiency.
- Strong expertise in designing, deploying, and administering Kafka platforms, including sizing, performance tuning, replication, backup, disaster recovery, and access management.
- Experience with Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Docker, Jenkins, and CI/CD automation.
- Proficiency in building and automating Kafka infrastructure and data pipelines using Infrastructure-as-Code and scripting tools.
- Strong knowledge of Kafka security, authentication, authorization, Kerberos, SSL/TLS, and access controls.
- Experience with Kafka ecosystem components such as Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, ZooKeeper, KSQL, REST Proxy, Control Center, and MirrorMaker/Replicator.
- Experience designing and supporting highly available, scalable, and resilient Kafka platforms.
- Knowledge of Kafka APIs, producer/consumer architectures, and enterprise messaging patterns.
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar tools.
- Proficiency in Python or other scripting/programming languages.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively in complex and ambiguous environments.
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Skills
AutomationDevopsDockerAccess Managementanalytical thinkingapisbusiness continuityDisaster recoveryDevops Toolsgoogle cloud platformai technologiesDownstreamAutomatingDr TestingArchitecturecomplianceData PipelineAnsibleGITArtificial Intelligence
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Optum Global Solutions
IT Services & Consulting
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Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Telangana
India
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