Senior Kafka Administrator (Warsaw, hybrid)

We are an international recruitment agency established in 1987 in Israel and operating in Poland since 2014. We specialize in permanent and temporary recruitment. Our headquarters are located in Poznań, and we also have branches in Warsaw, Gdańsk, and Wrocław.

Currently, for our clients in the BPO/SSC industry, we are looking for a talented individual for the position of Senior Kafka Administrator.

Tasks:

• Carry out SRE duties for Kafka Streaming Platform.
• Have thorough understanding on the Kafka architecture along with the concepts of Producer, Consumer, topics, partitions etc.
• Keep an eye on the platforms and adhere to runbooks/SOPs to manage platform and application problems.
• Familiarize yourself with the cluster maintenance processes and implement changes as per the documented installation and validation plans.
• Showcase robust troubleshooting and debugging skills, aiming to pinpoint and rectify the issue, while also offering advice on how to prevent such problems in the future.
• Conduct thorough root cause analysis of major production incidents, document for future reference, and put in place proactive measures to enhance system reliability.
• Automate routine tasks using scripts or automation tools to lessen manual work, decrease the chance of human errors, and boost system reliability.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience for a junior level role and 4+ for mid-level/senior level working as a Site reliability engineer for Kafka Platform.
• Knowledge on core Kafka components like producers, consumers, topics, partitions etc.
• Troubleshooting both Kafka platform service, application problems and identifying the root cause.
• Writing Ansible playbooks and automate manual tasks using Ansible, shell scripting and python.
• Should be familiar with Unix/Linux system internals, networking, and distributed systems.

Our client is offering:

• Strong flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your own needs and choose Multisport card, shop vouchers and many others - MyBenefit cafeteria
• Premium insurance for medical services for employee and family members- Luxmed
• Life & Disability Insurance for employees and family members- Generali
• Profitable Voluntary Pension Fund
• Social Funds benefits: holiday bonuses, allowance for kindergartens, etc.
• Integration and cultural events for employees
• Reward and recognition program for high performers
• Employee Referral bonuses
• Relocation assistance - Accommodation, travel and other expenses covered