GCP and Kafka Lead - Houston, TX USA - Careers | Infosys English English French Portuguese Spanish Careers Explore Opportunities Explore Life At Infy Apply now Recruitment fraud alert Explore Opportunities Graduates Experienced Professionals Students/Internships Explore Opportunities by Location Explore Life At Infy About Us Our Culture Voices Infosys Careers Explore Opportunities Jobs in USA GCP and Kafka Lead GCP and Kafka Lead Apply now Apply now You have successfully copied the job share URL to clipboard! × Job details Work Location Houston, TX State / Region / Province Texas Country USA Domain Delivery Interest Group Infosys Limited Skills Technology|Cloud Platform|GCP Data Analytics Company ITL USA Requisition ID 140349BR Job description Infosys is hiring for GCP and Kafka Lead to manage and support our enterprise-grade Kafka infrastructure. The ideal candidate will lead the support team in maintaining high availability, performance, and reliability of Kafka clusters, while also driving incident resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives. Required Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this at this time.At least 4 years of Information Technology experience.Candidates must be located within commuting distance of Houston, TX or must be willing to relocate to the area. This position may require travel to project locationExperience in Kafka administration and support.Strong understanding of Kafka internals (brokers, topics, partitions, replication, retention).Experience with Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and Schema Registry.Experience with AWS, Kinesis, ETL Informatica, CDC, PostgresProficiency in Linux, shell scripting, and monitoring tools.Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.Experience in supporting Kafka in cloud environments (AWS, GCP).Preferred Qualifications:At least 5 years of experience in Kafka administration and support.Proficiency in programming languages such as Scala, Java, or PythonMonitor, maintain, and optimize Apache Kafka clusters in production and non-production environments.Handle Kafka-related incidents, service requests, and problem tickets.Ensure high availability and fault tolerance of Kafka services.Lead a small team of Kafka support engineers.Coordinate with development, infrastructure, and DevOps teams for issue resolution and enhancements.Act as the primary point of contact.Implement and maintain monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk) for Kafka health and performance.Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and log analysis.Drive automation of routine support tasks and deployments.Maintain detailed documentation of Kafka configurations, support procedures, and incident reports.Ensure compliance with security and audit requirements.The job entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements. About UsInfosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability. 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