Lead Consultant | Java | Apache

Job Title: Lead Consultant | Confluent Kafka
Work Location & Reporting Address: San Antonio, TX 78215 or Irvine, CA 92618 (Hybrid)
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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)

Project Code: Appian L3 Delivery for Applications and