Company Description: IMCS Group is one of the fastest growing MWBE (Minority Woman Owned Enterprise) staffing firms in the U.S. We focus on bringing a Diversity Recruitment approach to Fortune 500 companies within North America and EMEA region contingent labor programs. IMCS Group excels in providing top talent in IT, Healthcare, Engineering, Finance, Light Industrial, Contact Center, and Clerical. We have offices in the US, Canada, Mexico, and India in which we can provide support to our clients.
Description: Job Title: Lead Consultant | Confluent Kafka
Work Location & Reporting Address: San Antonio, TX 78215 or Irvine, CA 92618 (Hybrid)
Vendor Rate: ***
Contract duration: 6 months
Target Start Date: 01 Sep 2026
Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? Yes
Interview Process (Is face to face required?) Virtual/Video interviews
Job Details:
Minimum years of experience required: 10+ years
Certification needed: No
Must Have Skills:
"Confluent kafka
"Client facing role
"Team handling skills
Detailed Job Description:
Confluent Platform (CP) and Confluent Cloud:
"Collaborate with Kafka distribution vendors (e.g., Confluent) or cloud providers for support on Kafka-specific issues.
"Set up/Fine Tune alerts for critical events (e.g., broker failure, data loss).
"Troubleshoot Kafka connectivity issues, consumer group problems, and data serialization errors
"Use observability tools (DataDog, Prometheus, Conduktor etc.) for service health
"Understand Different Kafka components (Replicator, Connector, Zookeeper, KSQL etc.) involved within the landscape and its use cases
"Leverage DevSecOps (CI/CD) to perform Admin activities using Terraform
"Collate all the configurations of Kafka like Users, ACL, Topics, connector configuration, tired 1 application etc.
"Platform Maintenance Activities:
"Upgrades (Kafka, Conduktor, Spring boot etc.)
"Patching
"Certificate renewal activities
"Debug issues related to AVRO Schemas mismatch, Consumer lag, user permissions, etc.
"Collaborate with product teams for new releases and documentation
"Minor enhancements and automations for continuous improvements
"Maintain DR runbooks and execute DR as per Risk and Security guidelines
"Vulnerability remediation reported via standard UVM process
"Debug issues related to custom Kafka client applications written in Java, .NET, Python, and Spring Boot
"Autosys | Autosys Agents Installation and maintenance
"Autosys | Autosys Services Maintenance (Patching, Upgrades, Checkouts)
Custom Fields:
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EEOC Disclaimer: IMCS Group is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. IMCS Group is committed to maintaining an inclusive workforce, where employees are hired, retained, compensated, and promoted based on their contributions to our Company.