Systems Engineer III

Key Responsibilities As System Engineer III
Kafka Administration:
- Install; configure; and maintain Kafka clusters; ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Manage Kafka brokers; topics; partitions; and configurations to optimize performance.
- Implement and manage Kafka security protocols; including SSL/SASL; encryption; and access control lists (ACLs)as well Manage Kafka quotas
- Monitor Kafka clusters for performance issues; troubleshoot problems; and implement solutions.
- Perform regular Kafka upgrades; patching; and maintenance to ensure stability and security.
Monitoring Alerting:
- Set up comprehensive monitoring systems to track Kafka cluster health; performance; and resource usage.
- Implement real-time alerting mechanisms for critical Kafka metrics such as lag; throughput; broker performance; and disk usage.
- Use monitoring tools such as Prometheus; Grafana; Splunk; or Datadog to create dashboards and alerts.
- Continuously refine and improve alert thresholds to minimize false positives and ensure timely issue detection.
Performance Tuning Optimization:
- Analyse and optimize Kafka performance; including tuning broker configurations; producer/consumer settings; and JVM parameters.
- Conduct capacity planning and ensure Kafka infrastructure can handle growing data volumes.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka performance issues; including slow consumers; high latency; and broker instability.
Apicurio Administration:
- Install; configure; and maintain Apicurio Registry and associated tools in various environments (development; testing; production).
- Manage and maintain API schemas and versions in the Apicurio Registry.
- Implement security protocols for Apicurio; including authentication; authorization; and encryption.
- Monitor the performance and health of the Apicurio Registry; troubleshooting any issues that arise.
- Plan and execute upgrades; patches; and enhancements for the Apicurio environment.
Azure Cloud Management:
- Manage and maintain Azure cloud resources; including virtual machines; storage accounts; virtual networks; databases; and other Azure services.
- Implement and manage security measures; including identity and access management; network security groups; and encryption.
- Monitor and optimize Azure performance; ensuring scalability; reliability; and cost-effectiveness.
- Plan and execute Azure resource provisioning; scaling; and disaster recovery strategies.
Middleware Platform Administration:
- Deep technical knowledge in Biztalk RTI SFG Ab Initio kafka Azure Administration Hadoop Tibco ( capacity planning troubleshooting performance optimisation deployment management of application
- Very good experience with system automation and deployment tools (Chef Puppet Ansible)
- Very good understanding of Unix /Linux command Shell scripting power shell scripting
- Deep technical knowledge of networking (VPN subnet firewall SSH GTM LTM etc.)
- Technical knowledge of modern build tools like Jenkins Ant
- Deep Technical knowledge in architecting designing and integrating new solutions in a large scale enterprise of highly distributed applications (i.e. having an architectural sense for ensuring availability reliability maintainability scalability etc.)
- Technical knowledge on working of virtual machine Physical machine
- Deep technical knowledge on Hardware configurations and setup like racks disk topology RAID etc.
- Sound knowledge on back up and restoration using Veeam or networker
Capacity Planning Scaling:
- Perform capacity planning and forecasting to ensure that Kafka /Apicurio clusters can handle growth and increasing data volumes.
- Implement horizontal and vertical scaling strategies to meet business needs.
- Work closely with infrastructure teams to optimize hardware resources for Kafka deployments.
Automation Scripting:
- Develop and maintain automation scripts for Kafka / Apicurio administration tasks using tools like Ansible; Terraform; or custom scripts.
- Create and maintain monitoring and alerting scripts to ensure the health and performance of Kafka clusters.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for API deployment and management.
- Automate routine maintenance tasks.
Incident Management Support:
- Act as the primary point of contact for Kafka /Apicurio/Azure-related incidents; ensuring quick resolution and minimal downtime.
- Collaborate with development; DevOps; and SRE teams to diagnose and resolve Kafka-related issues.
- Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for Kafka environments.
Documentation Training:
- Document configurations; best practices; and troubleshooting procedures in confluence page.
- Provide training and mentorship to junior team members on Platform administration
- Develop and maintain runbooks for incident response
Collaboration:
- Collaborate with Infrastructure development; DevOps; and IT teams to implement and support Kafka-based solutions.
- Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for critical issues outside of regular business hours as needed.
- Engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and design solutions that align with business goals.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Administrator to join our IT team. . The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with Apache Kafka; responsible for managing and maintaining the Apicurio Registry and associated API management tools. He/she should have a sound knowledge and experience in Azure cloud infrastructure. In addition; experience with middleware technologies such as Ab Initio; TIBCO; SFG; BizTalk; and RTI is highly desirable. This role requires strong analytical skills; a deep understanding of data streaming; and the ability to manage and scale Kafka clusters effectively.