Data Architect - Data Engineering 4D

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and manage enterprise-grade real-time data pipelines using Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform.

Build, configure, and maintain Change Data Capture (CDC) pipelines using Debezium, SAP CDC, and other enterprise CDC connectors.

Configure and manage Kafka topics, partitions, replication, retention policies, and security for multiple source systems.

Manage and maintain Confluent Schema Registry, including schema evolution, compatibility, and governance.

Deploy, configure, and optimize Enterprise Bus consumers and producers to support data ingestion from 29 source systems.

Design scalable event-driven integration patterns to enable reliable, low-latency data movement across enterprise applications.

Monitor Kafka clusters and optimize performance, throughput, latency, and resource utilization.

Implement fault-tolerant messaging, retry mechanisms, dead-letter queues (DLQs), and disaster recovery strategies.

Collaborate with Data Architects, Integration Architects, application teams, and business stakeholders to define messaging patterns and data contracts.

Develop automation for deployment, monitoring, and operational support using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code where applicable.

Troubleshoot production issues related to Kafka clusters, CDC pipelines, message delivery, and consumer performance.

Required Skills & Experience

Experience in Data Engineering with strong expertise in real-time streaming and messaging platforms.

Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform in enterprise environments.

Strong experience implementing CDC pipelines using Debezium, SAP CDC, or similar technologies.

Expertise in Kafka topics, partitions, replication, consumer groups, producers, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry.

Experience configuring and managing enterprise messaging infrastructure supporting multiple source applications.

Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and distributed systems.

Experience with Kafka security, including SSL/TLS, SASL, ACLs, and authentication/authorization.

Proficiency in Java and/or Python for developing Kafka producers, consumers, and integration services.

Experience with REST APIs, JSON, Avro, Protobuf, and event serialization frameworks.

Knowledge of Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Confluent Control Center and enterprise Kafka administration.

Exposure to stream processing technologies such as Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, or KSQLDB.

Experience integrating ERP, CRM, and enterprise applications using CDC and messaging patterns.

Familiarity with data lakehouse platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Delta Lake.

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

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