At Prolifics, we are currently implementing multiple solutions in Software
Development, and we are looking to hire talented Confluent Architect for our development center in
India. This position would be based out of Hyderabad and is a permanent
position.
If you are looking for a high growth company with rock-solid stability,
if you thrive in the energetic atmosphere of high-profile projects, we want to
talk to you today! Let’s connect and explore the possibilities of having you
onboard the Prolifics team!
· Job Title: Confluent Architect
· Primary
skills: hands-on experience in Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform
· Secondary skills:experience in enterprise-scale event streaming architecture, implementation, and governance
· Location: Hyderabad
(Mindspace#12B)
· Educational
Qualification: B.Tech/BE/M.Tech/MCA/M.Sc
· Experience:14+
Job Description:
Role Summary
The Confluent Platform Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and supporting the implementation of enterprise-scale event streaming solutions using the Confluent Platform. The role combines architectural leadership with hands-on technical involvement to ensure Kafka-based solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise architecture and security standards.
The architect works closely with stakeholders, platform teams, delivery partners, and engineering teams to drive successful adoption and implementation of event-driven architectures across the organization.
Experience Required
- 14+ years of overall IT experience with at least 7+ years of hands-on experience in Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform
- Proven experience in enterprise-scale event streaming architecture, implementation, and governance
- Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments with multiple integration and data platforms
Key Responsibilities
- Define target-state architecture for confluent and Kafka-based event streaming solutions
- Act as the architectural authority for confluent implementations across programs and delivery teams.
- Provide hands-on support for Kafka platform setup, configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
- Establish and govern:
- Topic design and naming standards
- Data contracts and schemas (Avro / Schema Registry)
- Event lifecycle and retention policies
- Guide implementation of producers, consumers, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry integrations
- Ensure alignment with enterprise integration, security, and cloud architecture standards
- Provide guidance on high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and resiliency
- Review and approve solution designs, architecture artefacts, and implementation approaches
- Support architecture reviews, technical workshops, and governance forums
- Collaborate with application, cloud, DevOps, and integration teams for consistent platform adoption
- Oversee partner and vendor implementations to ensure adherence to standards and best practices
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong architectural and hands-on knowledge of:
- Confluent Platform / Apache Kafka
- Producers, consumers, partitions, replication, and offsets
- Kafka cluster configuration and management
- Experience with:
- Schema Registry
- Kafka Connect
- REST Proxy and ksqlDB (where applicable)
- Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and streaming patterns
- Experience with Kafka deployments in cloud and/or Kubernetes environments
- Hands-on troubleshooting and performance tuning experience
- Strong stakeholder engagement, governance, and documentation skills
- Experience working with delivery partners and systems integrators
Preferred Experience
- Multi-region or multi-cluster Kafka deployments
- Integration with enterprise data and analytics platforms
- Experience in regulated enterprise environments
- Exposure to CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and platform automation
- Confluent or Kafka-related certifications
About us:
Prolifics Corporation Limited is a Global Technology
Solutions Provider with presence across North America
(USA and Canada), Europe (UK and Germany), Middle East & Asia. In India, we
have offshore development centers: 2 in Hyderabad & 1 in Pune.
For more than 40 years, Prolifics has transformed
enterprises of all sizes including over 100 Fortune 1000 companies by solving
their complex IT challenges. Our clients include Fortune 50 and Fortune 100
companies across a broad range of industries
including Financial Services, Insurance, Government, Healthcare,
Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Retail. We rank consistently in Dream
Companies to Work for and Dream Employer of the Year ranking from
World HRD Congress, ranked 7 in 2019.
We encourage you to visit us on www.prolifics.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook,
YouTube and other social media to know more about us.
Skills Required
- 14+ years of overall IT experience
- At least 7+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka or Confluent Platform
- Experience in enterprise-scale event streaming architecture, implementation, and governance
- Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments with multiple integration and data platforms
- Strong architectural and hands-on knowledge of Confluent Platform and Apache Kafka
- Knowledge of producers, consumers, partitions, replication, and offsets
- Experience with Kafka cluster configuration and management
- Experience with Schema Registry and Kafka Connect
- Experience with REST Proxy and ksqlDB where applicable
- Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and streaming patterns
- Experience with Kafka deployments in cloud or Kubernetes environments
- Hands-on troubleshooting and performance tuning experience
- Strong stakeholder engagement, governance, and documentation skills
- Experience working with delivery partners and systems integrators
- B.Tech, BE, M.Tech, MCA, or M.Sc degree
- Experience with multi-region or multi-cluster Kafka deployments
- Integration experience with enterprise data and analytics platforms
- Experience in regulated enterprise environments
- Exposure to CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and platform automation
- Confluent or Kafka-related certifications
What We Do
Prolifics brings your digital transformation visions to life. We deliver results faster ... and provide accelerators and solutions for any point on your digital roadmap, or the entire transformation journey. Our global team of consultants and experienced engineers advise on the best starting point to give you immediate impact, deliver cloud and other digital solutions in a DevOps environment that are scalable to meet your changing needs and stay with you after the implementation to provide managed services so your teams can focus on other priorities. That lets you get on with the business of exceeding your own customers expectations.
