Senior DevOps - Apache Kafka

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia.

📋 Description

• Administer, configure, and optimize Apache Kafka clusters in a production environment

• Manage Kafka Connect, KRaft, topics, brokers, and security mechanisms

• Automate operational processes and deployments using Python, Bash, and DevOps tools

• Monitor platforms, diagnose incidents, and ensure availability and performance

• Work with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD in enterprise settings

• Collaborate with infrastructure, development, and security teams on critical platform operations

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in DevOps, middleware management, or infrastructure

• Proven experience managing Apache Kafka in production environments

• Knowledge of Kafka Connect, KRaft, SSL/TLS, and ACLs

• Experience with Linux, Python/Bash, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD

• Proficiency with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace, Splunk, or similar

• Previous experience in the banking sector

• Professional Spanish and availability to work in Mexico's time zone

• Currently residing and able to work legally from Latin America remotely

• Desirable: experience with Confluent, OpenShift, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise messaging platforms like IBM MQ

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time contract, initially for 6 months with the possibility of extension

• 100% remote work from LATAM (except Brazil)

• Possible occasional visits to Querétaro, coordinated in advance

• Opportunity to collaborate with international teams and clients

• High-impact technological projects

• Collaborative environment that promotes autonomy, continuous learning, technical responsibility, and practical problem-solving