About the role
For a client in the financial services sector in Zurich, we are looking for an experienced Kafka Platform Engineer / Operations Specialist to support a business-critical Data Integration Platform team.
The assignment is intended to strengthen the team for approximately six months and focuses heavily on Kafka platform operations, production support and integration services.
* Operate, maintain and support the enterprise Apache Kafka streaming platform
* Ensure stability, availability and reliable operation of business-critical integration services
* Monitor Kafka clusters and identify performance or availability issues
* Troubleshoot and resolve incidents within production environments
* Perform platform maintenance and operational engineering activities
* Support application and integration teams using the Kafka platform
* Analyse logs, platform behaviour and system dependencies during incidents
* Contribute to platform optimisation, automation and continuous service improvement
* Support the Managed File Transfer service used for secure data exchange with external partners
* Work within a DevOps-oriented Data Integration Platform team
* Participate in operational processes including incident, problem and change management
* Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka administration and operations
* Experience operating Kafka platforms in enterprise production environments
* Strong troubleshooting and incident-resolution skills
* Experience with monitoring, platform maintenance and performance optimisation
* Strong understanding of distributed systems and integration platforms
* Good Linux / Unix administration skills
* Experience with DevOps practices and operational automation
* Experience supporting business-critical production platforms
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