Arηs Group, Part of Accenture, specializes in the management of complex public sector IT projects, including systems integration, informatics and analytics, solution implementation and program management. Our team helps lead clients through digital and information systems design, bringing expertise in a variety of areas ranging from software development, data science and security management to machine learning, cloud, and mobile development.
Arηs Group was acquired by Accenture in July 2024.
Job DescriptionARHS Group - Part of Accenture is looking for a Kafka DevOps Engineer (m/f), to join its team at the client.
As a Kafka DevOps Engineer (m/f), you will be responsible for implementing, and maintaining Kafka infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy, configure, monitor, and maintain Kafka clusters in a high-availability production environment
- Tune Kafka configurations, partitions, replication, and producers/consumers to ensure efficient message streaming
- Automate Kafka infrastructure deployment and management using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
- Implement robust monitoring solutions (e.g., Dynatrace) and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and failures
- Ensure secure data transmission, access control, and compliance with security best practices (SSL/TLS, RBAC, Kerberos)
- Integrate Kafka with CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes to improve efficiency and reliability
- Analyze workloads and plan for horizontal scaling, resource optimization, and failover strategies
- Work closely with development teams to support Kafka-based applications and ensure seamless data flow
- Training and technical support to end users and other stakeholders
Your profile:
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Kafka administration
- Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (setup, tuning, and troubleshooting)
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Kubernetes-based Kafka deployments
- Familiarity with Kafka Connect, KSQL, Schema Registry, Zookeeper
- Knowledge of logging and monitoring tools (Dynatrace, ELK, Splunk)
- Understanding of networking, security, and access control for Kafka clusters
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD)
- Ability to analyze logs, debug issues, and propose proactive improvements
- An ITIL qualification is an asset
- Experience with Confluent Kafka or other managed Kafka solutions
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and stream processing (Flink, Spark, Kafka Streams)
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) for Kafka networking is a plus
- Certifications in Kafka, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms is a plus
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
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What We Do
Arηs Group is a market leader in the management of complex IT projects and systems. Founded in Luxembourg in 2003, we’ve grown organically to encompass 16 entities worldwide with over 2,500 employees in Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria and Jordan. With our focus on getting things done, we help our clients achieve their goals with best-of-breed solutions, superior execution and exceptional services. We offer bespoke software development, data science, infrastructure, digital trust and mobile development to government institutions at national and European level, telecom providers, and financial institutions, among others. Our bold company culture is built around working hard and playing hard, with a flat and agile structure that lends itself to efficiency and employee empowerment. We value our diverse workplace of close-knit teams and provide a place where everyone can be supported to learn and evolve.
