Kakfa Engineer

We are seeking Singapore-based Engineers with strong experience in Apache Kafka and/or Confluent Kafka. Candidates with Javadevelopment expertise and experience supporting enterprise-scaleevent-driven platforms are highly preferred. 

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Kafka clusters across Production, UAT, and Development environments.
• Deploy and manage Kafka clusters using KRaftand Zoo Keeper architectures.
• Configure and maintain topics, partitions, replication, retention policies, SSL/TLS encryption, and ACL-based security.
• Troubleshoot Kafka-related issues including broker failures, consumer lag, replication delays, partition imbalances, and performance bottlenecks.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and high-availability implementations.
• Develop, support, and troubleshoot Java/Spring Boot applications integrated with Kafka.
• Implement monitoring and alerting usingPrometheus, Grafana, Confluent Control Center, and Splunk.
• Support CI/CD and automation initiatives usingJenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Linux scripting.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, and Operations teams to deliver reliable and scalable event-driven solutions.

RequiredSkills

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and/or Confluent Kafka
• Experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB
• Knowledge of KRaft and ZooKeeper architectures
• Strong proficiency in Java (preferred) and Spring Boot
• Linux administration (RHEL/Ubuntu)
• Monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• CI/CD tools including Jenkins and Git
• Container technologies: Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Banking, Healthcare, or other regulated environments
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Exposure to DevOps and automation practices
• Knowledge of database technologies such as Oracle, MongoDB, or SQL Server

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Cornerstone Global Partners (EA LicenseNumber: 19C9859) is an affirmative equal-opportunity employer and recruitmentfirm. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour,religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, maritalstatus, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any otherprotected class. 

Eugene Then
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Cornerstone Global Partners Pte Ltd (EA License:19C9859)