Software Engineer (Kafka)
XCELLINK PTE. LTD.
- Administer enterprise Kafka clusters in Production and UAT.
- Configure broker-level and topic-level settings (retention, replication, partitions, cleanup policies).
- Onboard new applications onto Kafka platform following governance standards.
- Implement SSL/TLS encryption and ACL-based authorization.
- Automate Kafka deployments using Ansible and CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins, Bitbucket).
- Perform rolling upgrades, patching, and version migrations with minimal downtime.
- Executed Disaster Recovery (DR) flip activity to switch Kafka cluster from Active to Passive environment during maintenance and failover testing.
- Monitor cluster health using Prometheus, Grafana, and Confluent Control Center.
- Configure alerting for CPU, memory, log size, ISR shrink, and broker health.
- Optimize cluster performance and ensure high availability.
- Raise and execute Change Requests (CRs) as per release process.
- Provide L2/L3 production support and perform RCA.
- Providing guidance to application teams on best practices for Kafka integration.
- Participate in DR flip and failover testing.
- Support Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and REST Proxy.
