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FSS - 3166 - Kafka Administrator (Ansible)
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What they do
A Unix Administrator or Engineer installs, configures, and maintains UNIX operating systems operating within a business. Analyzes and resolves problems associated with the operating system's servers, hardware, applications, and software. Detects, diagnoses, and reports UNIX related problems on servers.
$131,884 / year median in Maryland
-3% projected decline
Job Description
Job Code
FSS - 3166
Posted By
Suresh Dakshinamoorthy
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Suresh Dakshinamoorthy Person Details
Suresh Dakshinamoorthy Kafka Administrator (Ansible)
(Woodlawn, MD, 21207) | 09/03/26
Easy Job Description
Onsite 5 days/week
Interview:
In-person required
Requirements
Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
Strong production administration experience with Confluent Kafka.
Hands-on expertise with Ansible automation, including playbooks, roles, modules, Tower/AWX, and Vault.
Experience building scalable, idempotent automation and integrating Ansible with CI/CD and Git workflows.
Strong Python, Bash, Linux, systemd, SELinux, permissions, and networking knowledge.
Experience securing Kafka using SSL/TLS, SASL, RBAC, and MDS.
Strong Kafka troubleshooting experience across performance, replication, partitioning, consumer lag, topics, schemas, and connectors.
Experience with Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.
Ability to automate hybrid Linux, Windows, and cloud infrastructure and convert manual processes into enterprise-grade workflows.
Preferred
Confluent Cloud or hybrid Kafka environments.
KRaft and ZooKeeper migration.
Strimzi or Confluent Operator.
Kafka/JVM/I/O/network performance tuning.
Federal security orpliance environments.