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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in operating and monitoring Kafka environments, including Confluent Cloud and Kubernetes deployments, while ensuring platform reliability and governance. Proficient in troubleshooting production incidents and automating operations through scripting and infrastructure-as-code.
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Apache Kafka ExpertiseConfluent Platform ExperienceScripting and Automation SkillsProduction System Support on LinuxIncident Management and Troubleshooting
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAbout the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Operate and monitor Kafka environments across Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, and Kubernetes/CFK deployments, including availability, consumer lag, replication, throughput, latency, storage, and capacity
- Troubleshoot production incidents, participate in on-call, perform root-cause analysis, and improve resilience, failover, and disaster-recovery readiness
- Manage topics, partitions, retention, ACLs, consumer groups, Kafka Connect connectors, and Schema Registry
- Deploy, configure, upgrade, patch, and scale platform components and connectors while maintaining secure access and configuration consistency
- Automate platform operations and provisioning using scripting, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD
- Work with DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Data, and application teams to onboard workloads and continuously improve platform reliability and governance
Requirements
What you’ll need- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka with strong knowledge of topics, partitions, replication, producers, consumers, and consumer groups
- Hands-on experience with Confluent Platform and/or Confluent Cloud, including Kafka Connect and Schema Registry
- Experience supporting production systems on Linux, including monitoring, logs, networking, certificates, authentication, and access control
- Scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar tools, plus familiarity with Git and CI/CD
- Strong ownership, troubleshooting, and communication skills, with a willingness to participate in an on-call rotation
- Preferred: Experience with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes / Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK), Helm, or Terraform
- Preferred: Experience with the Kafka Connect ecosystem, including Debezium plugins, SMTs, Replicator, and source/sink connectors
- Preferred: Familiarity with observability, SRE practices, SLIs/SLOs, incident management, and disaster recovery
- Preferred: Experience in payments, fintech, banking, or another regulated environment; Confluent/Kafka certification is a plus
Benefits
Comp & perks- Private Medical Insurance
- Office and home hybrid working
- Global bonus plan
- Volunteering programs
- Prime location office close to Tel Aviv train station
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Hard Skills
Kafka Topics ManagementReplication and Consumer GroupsKafka Connect and Schema RegistryInfrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD Automation
Soft Skills
Strong OwnershipEffective CommunicationTroubleshooting Skills
Tools & Technologies
Confluent CloudKubernetesMicrosoft AzureHelmTerraform
Certifications & Qualifications
Confluent/Kafka Certification
Industry Keywords
PaymentsFintechBankingRegulated EnvironmentSRE Practices