Job Specifications
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My name is Akash Shivhare and I am a Staffing Specialist at Quantum World Technologies Inc. I am looking candidates for the Contract positions
Job Title : Kafka Architect
Location : Bethesda, MD
Work Mode : Hybrid 3-4 days’ work from office (local candidates)
Years of Exp : 15+ years
Responsibilities:
Lead the architecture, design, and deployment of Apache Kafka-based platforms.
Define best practices and standards for Kafka implementation, integration, and security across the organization.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, solution architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable and resilient Kafka architectures.
Oversee the setup, configuration, and tuning of Kafka clusters to ensure high availability and performance.
Develop and enforce policies for data retention, topic management, security, and disaster recovery.
Guide migration and integration projects, including legacy system modernization and cloud adoption using Kafka.
Mentor and train development teams on Kafka concepts, tools, and best practices.
Monitor system health, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement proactive performance improvements.
Stay abreast of new developments in the Kafka ecosystem and recommend adoption of relevant technologies.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
14-16 years of total IT experience, including at least 5 years architecting and managing large-scale Kafka deployments.
Expertise in Apache Kafka internals, including producers, consumers, brokers, partitions, replication, and ZooKeeper.
Strong knowledge of event-driven architecture, stream processing (Kafka Streams, ksqlDB), and real-time analytics.
Deep experience integrating Kafka with various data sources, sinks, and enterprise systems (e.g., databases, microservices, cloud platforms).
Hands-on experience with Kafka security (SSL, SASL, ACLs), data governance, and compliance.
Proficiency in scripting and programming languages commonly used with Kafka (such as Java, Scala, or Python).
Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) as related to Kafka deployments.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior engineers.
Skills
Mandatory Skills : Angular, Microservices, Asp.net, AWS Lambda, AWS RDS, AWS S3, .Net Core, JavaScript/jQuery, BootStrap/CSS/CSS3, AWS API Gateway, AWS CloudFormation, AWS VPC, SQS, SNS, C#,.Net Framework, Aws Step Functions, Docker, Dynamo DB, HTML/HTML5, Kafka, MySQL, TypeScript, AWS EC2
Best Regards,
Akash Shivhare
Senior Technical Recruiter
shivhare.akash@quantumworldit.com
Contact – 805-410-9681
Quantum World Technologies Inc.
4281 Katella Ave, Suite # 102 Los Alamitos, CA , 90720, USA
About the Company
QUANTUM WORLD TECHNOLOGIES INC, is a IT Consulting and Staffing venture of QUANTUM GROUP OF COMPANIES having its presence in IT and I.T.E.S, Real Estate, Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, and Entertainment Industries across the globe, with its headquarters in Los Alamitos CA, Parsippany - NJ, Seattle - WA, Canada, Dubai and India. We are one of the leading service providers, providing effective business solutions in IT Consulting, IT Services, and Business Process Outsourcing Services. We are an e-Verified employer and SBE Certi...
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