Kafka Architect

Job Title:Kafka Architect

Tax Term:W2/1099

Location:Richardson Tx, Dallas Tx, Tampa (FL), Jersey City (NJ) - Onsite

Employment Type:Contract

Duration:12+

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Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Kafka Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-throughput data streaming platforms using Apache Kafka. You will define architectural patterns, best practices, and guide development teams in building robust, event-driven systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect high-availability Kafka solutions for real-time event processing.

• Define topic structures, data contracts, retention strategies, and throughput scaling.

• Establish security policies (RBAC, encryption, ACLs) and governance.

• Design data pipelines using Kafka Connect, KSQL, Kafka Streams.

• Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and application teams for seamless integration.

• Own disaster recovery design, cross-DC replication (MirrorMaker2), and HA setup.

• Evaluate and implement Kafka in hybrid/multi-cloud architectures.

Required Skills:

• 10+ years in distributed systems and messaging architecture.

• Expert in Kafka internals, architecture, and performance optimization.

• Hands-on with Connectors, KSQL, Kafka Streams, and Schema Registry.

• Strong understanding of delivery semantics, fault tolerance, and scalability.

• Experience integrating Kafka with enterprise systems (DBs, APIs, microservices).

• Familiarity with Kafka on Kubernetes, Confluent Platform, or AWS MSK is a strong plus.