Site Reliability Engineer SRE (Kafka Engineer)

Kafka Infrastructure Engineer 

Join us, and keep critical data flowing without interruption!

Poland - full remote!

As a Kafka Infrastructure  Engineer, you will be working for our client, a global financial institution driving modernization of its real-time data infrastructure. The project focuses on building, maintaining, and optimizing high-throughput Kafka environments that support mission-critical applications across multiple regions. You will be part of a globally distributed team responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of a complex messaging platform, while applying automation-first principles to manage infrastructure and reduce operational overhead.

Your main responsibilities:

• Administering and operating Kafka components including brokers, zookeepers, Kafka Connect, schema registry, and REST proxy

• Creating, maintaining, and securing Kafka topics, access lists, and SSL configurations

• Developing and deploying Kafka connectors such as MQ, JDBC, ElasticSearch, FileStream, and JMS

• Building custom connectors using Kafka core APIs and managing tasks, converters, and transforms

• Monitoring cluster health and setting up observability dashboards using Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk

• Automating recurring tasks with scripting or configuration tools like Ansible or Puppet

• Performing performance tuning, benchmarking, and proactive issue resolution

• Supporting application teams by creating producer/consumer stubs for onboarding

• Collaborating with engineers and stakeholders across regions to align deployments and upgrades

• Conducting root cause analysis for incidents and documenting findings for continuous improvement

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You're ideal for this role if you have:

• Deep understanding of Kafka architecture and hands-on experience managing large-scale Kafka clusters

• Proven ability to work with Kafka components including schema registry, KSQL, and control center

• Experience administering Kafka connectors and managing high-throughput streaming pipelines

• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools like Ansible or Puppet

• Experience implementing monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk

• Proficiency in troubleshooting and resolving complex messaging issues

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills in production environments

• Ability to write scripts or automation routines to improve operational efficiency

• Strong communication skills for interfacing with engineers and technical stakeholders

• Willingness to collaborate with globally distributed teams and work across time zones

  
  

It is a strong plus if you have:

• Experience creating custom Kafka connectors using Java or similar languages

• Familiarity with DevOps toolsets like GitHub, Jenkins, JIRA, and Confluence

• Knowledge of data governance and access control within Kafka environments

• Background in benchmarking and tuning distributed messaging systems
  

We offer you:

ITDS Business Consultants is involved in many various, innovative and professional IT projects for international companies in the financial industry in Europe. We offer an environment for professional, ambitious, and driven people. The offer includes:

• Stable and long-term cooperation with very good conditions 

• Enhance your skills and develop your expertise in the financial industry

• Work on the most strategic projects available in the market

• Define your career roadmap and develop yourself in the best and fastest possible way by delivering strategic projects for different clients of ITDS over several years

• Participate in Social Events, training, and work in an international environment

• Access to attractive Medical Package

• Access to Multisport Program

• Access to Pluralsight

• Flexible hours & remote work