Kafka Senior Consultant

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Job Role: Kafka Senior Consultant

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Technology: Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, Stream Processing

Employment Type: Permanent

Your role:

As a Confluent Consulting Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable real-time data pipelines and integrations using Kafka and Confluent components. You will collaborate with data engineers, architects, and DevOps teams to deliver robust streaming solutions.

Required qualifications:

• Hands on experience with Apache Kafka (any distribution: open source, Confluent, Cloudera, AWS MSK, etc.)
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala
• Solid understanding of event driven architecture and data streaming patterns
• Experience deploying Kafka on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent problem solving and communication abilities

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, KSQL, Schema Registry, REST Proxy, Confluent Control Center
• Hands on with Confluent Cloud services, including ksqlDB Cloud and Apache Flink
• Familiarity with Stream Governance, Data Lineage, Stream Catalog, Audit Logs, RBAC
• Confluent certifications (Developer, Administrator, or Flink Developer)
• Experience with Confluent Platform, Confluent Cloud managed services, multi cloud deployments, and Confluent for Kubernetes
• Knowledge of data mesh architectures, KRaft migration, and modern event streaming patterns
• Exposure to monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
• Experience with data lakes, data warehouses, or big data ecosystems

Note: Applicants for employment in the Netherlands should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Seniority level

Mid Senior level

Employment type

Full time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting and IT Services and IT Consulting