Kafka Admin

Job Role

Job Title: Kafka Admin

Location: NYC, NY

Duration: Full-Time

Job Summary

A Kafka Administrator is responsible for the installation configuration management and monitoring of Apache Kafka clusters ensuring high availability security and optimal performance They manage the Kafka environment including brokers topics and partitions and work with other teams to integrate Kafka with various systems

Key Responsibilities

• Kafka Cluster Management Installing configuring and maintaining Kafka clusters including high availability and disaster recovery strategies
• Performance Optimization Monitoring performance identifying bottlenecks and finetuning Kafka for optimal throughput and latency
• Security Management Implementing and managing security configurations including access control authentication and encryption
• Monitoring and Alerting Setting up and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and address issues
• Troubleshooting Diagnosing and resolving issues within the Kafka ecosystem including performance problems connectivity issues and datarelated problems
• Integration Collaborating with development and other teams to integrate Kafka with other systems and applications including data ingestion and realtime data streaming
• Documentation Creating and maintaining documentation for Kafka configurations processes and procedures
• Automation Automating routine tasks and developing scripts to streamline cluster management
• Capacity Planning Assessing current and future resource needs to ensure the Kafka environment can scale effectively

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief

Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

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Salary Transparency Language

Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for the tagged location is $ $127189/yearly.

This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Ref. code

341905-en_US

Posted on

17 Nov 2025

Experience level

Experienced Professionals

Contract type

Permanent

Location

New York, NY

Business unit

FS

Brand

Capgemini

Professional communities

Software Engineering