Senior Platform Engineer (Kafka, Kubernetes & DevOps)

1/2023 – 6/2026

Design, Build and operate Confluent Kafka Platforms
Integrate Kafka with Azure Event Hubs
Integrate legacy systems like Mainframe and databases to Kafka
Advocate the projects to explain the benefits of Event streaming and successfully onboarded their projects

Kundendienst (Sonstige)

3/2022 – 12/2022

Deploy and manage Kafka using Strimzi operator kubernetes clusters in a multi cloud environment
Deploy DatOps tool Lenses to monitor the kafka clusters
Developed debug tool for debugging kafka related issues
Deploy JDBC Kafka connect to sink data to Vertica

Apache Kafka

9/2018 – 2/2022

Focused on DevOps consulting with a primary emphasis on Kafka
installation, configuration, and security measures.
Installed and configured Confluent Kafka on Linux systems using Ansible.
Implemented security protocols for Kafka components, including SASL
plaintext and SSL certificates, and established topic-level authorization
through ACLs for users accessing Kafka via various APIs.
Automated Kafka deployment processes across multiple stages utilizing
GitHub, Jenkins, and Ansible.
Developed a shared Kafka platform supporting multiple tenants, ensuring
isolation through strict authentication and authorization practices.
Set up and configured Prometheus and Grafana to monitor Kafka clusters
using node exporters and JMX exporters.

Kundendienst (Sonstige)