Sr. Kafka Engineer
2T Consulting • fort mill, south carolina • Posted June 11, 2026
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Kafka Engineer with strong experience in Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka platform engineering. The role involves designing, deploying, administering, and supporting enterprise Kafka environments, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, and production support.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design, install, configure, deploy, and administer Confluent Cloud/Kafka platforms.
- Provide 24x7 on-call production support and resolve critical issues.
- Partner with architecture teams to align platform design with modern engineering practices.
- Develop automation for platform operations including deployments, restarts, patching, and upgrades.
- Manage platform patching, roadmap execution, and mentor junior engineers.
- Ensure stability, scalability, and performance of Kafka-based systems.