Kafka DevOps Engineer

Eitacies Inc
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Full-time
3 days ago

Job Description

Benefits:
  • Company parties
  • Health insurance
  • Opportunity for advancement

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall IT industry experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Kafka or NoSQL technologies.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or Java, with a focus on automation and tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Git, CloudFormation, and
Terraform.
• Experience with at least one cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes-based environments.
• Experience building AI-powered solutions, MCP Servers, Agentic AI systems, or GenAI-based
automation tools.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Excellent analytical, debugging, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Strong production support, incident management, issue triaging, and root cause analysis experience.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes administration, deployment, and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of security best practices, vulnerability management, CVE analysis, and monitoring
cloud/system/device logs.
• Experience designing self-service platforms and operational automation solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and support Kafka and NoSQL platforms in production environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable platform architectures and deployment solutions.
• Develop and maintain automation tools for infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational
workflows.
• Integrate AI/GenAI capabilities into operational tools and platform management processes.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code solutions.
• Execute and manage code deployments across development, testing, staging, and production
environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform, infrastructure, and application issues across all environments.
• Monitor system performance, reliability, availability, and security, and drive continuous improvements.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and architecture teams to improve platform efficiency and
developer productivity.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, reliability engineering, and proactive
issue resolution.

Ideal Candidate

A self-driven engineer who can take ownership of complex platform challenges, build innovative
automation and AI-driven solutions, communicate effectively with stakeholders, and operate with
minimal supervision in a fast-paced production environment.


Amazon Web Services (AWS) No 2-5 Years Is Required
Amazon Web Services S3 (AWS S3) No 2-5 Years Is Required
Amazon Web Services EKS (AWS EKS) No 2-5 Years Is Required
Apache Kafka No 2-5 Years Is Required
Artificial Intelligence No At least 1 year Is Required
AWS-EC2 No 2-5 Years Is Required
GitHub No 2-5 Years Is Required
Kubernetes No 2-5 Years Is Required
NoSQL No 5-10 Years Is Required
python No 5-10 Years Is Required

Numbers & Facts

LocationSan Francisco, CA
Job TypeFull-time

Skills

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Programmingunmatched
  • Computer Securityunmatched
  • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Continuous Integrationunmatched
  • Debugging Skillsunmatched
  • DevOpsunmatched
  • Dockerunmatched
  • Environmental Issuesunmatched
  • Gitunmatched
  • Health Insuranceunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Incident Managementunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Javaunmatched
  • Linux Administrationunmatched
  • MCP - Microsoft Certified Professionalunmatched
  • Machine Toolunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
  • NoSQLunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Production Supportunmatched
  • Production Systemsunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Reliability Engineeringunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Systems Reliabilityunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • Theater Productionunmatched
  • Unix System Administrationunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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