Enterprise Architect

Experience level: Mid-senior
Experience required: 10 Years
Education level: Bachelor's degree
Job function: Information Technology
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Pay rate: $70 per hour

Relocation assistance: No Visa sponsorship eligibility: No

This role is 100% Onsite

local candidates only

Role: Enterprise Architect
Exp in Kafka: 10 & Above
Location: McLean, VA
Skills: Kafka, Salesforce Community Cloud, Application Integration Architecture

Job Summary

The Kafka Architect will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing scalable, high-performance data streaming solutions using the Apache Kafka ecosystem, with a strong focus on Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud.

• The role demands deep expertise in real-time data processing, event-driven architecture, and integration with modern cloud and data platforms.
• 10 years of experience and above in Kafka architecture and implementation.
• Deep expertise in Apache, Kafka, confluent, Platform Confluent, Cloud Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, Zookeeper, KRaft
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and CICD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data integration tools (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Hadoop).
• Familiarity with scripting (Shell, Python) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Financial services or credit union domain experience is highly preferred.
• Architect and implement enterprise-grade Kafka solutions using Confluent Platform cloud.
• Design and manage Kafka clusters, brokers, topics, and partitions for optimal performance and reliability.
• Lead migration efforts from legacy messaging systems (e.g., IBM MQ, TIBCO) to Kafka.
• Develop and optimize Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, Kafka Connect, and Flink-based pipelines.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and security (RBAC, ACLs) of Kafka infrastructure.
• Collaborate with data engineering, DevOps, and application teams to integrate Kafka into broader enterprise systems
• Monitor and troubleshoot Kafka environments using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Confluent Control Center.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $70.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending