Kafka DevOps Engineer (m/f)

Job Description

You want to combine passion and IT expertise?

You are talented, motivated and ambitious? Then, we will be more than happy to meet you!

ARHS 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.

Additional Information

Arηs Group – part of Accenture - is a market leader in the management of complex IT projects and systems. Founded in Luxembourg in 2003, we have grown to encompass 11 entities worldwide, employing over 2,500 employees in Luxembourg, Belgium, Greece, Italy and Bulgaria.

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. 

Our Vision and Values

Our vision is to be the most caring and reliable IT company on the market place for both clients and our people.

Our values are: caring, agility, excellence, innovation, continual improvement, and reliability.

Our values support our vision by leveraging excellence, striving for results, ensuring commitment and promoting adaptability.

Our Culture

We work in close partnership with our customers, turning their needs into benefits; We promote a dynamic local environment where both young and experience people can realize themselves; We leverage a flexible, independent and responsive organization.

Our Brand

The ArȠs (pronounce [aris]) name comes from Greek Mythology. ArȠs is the son of Zeus and the God of War – in our eyes, an accurate representation of the intelligence, strategy, leadership and vision that are essential in business.

Don’t hesitate! Join our team

What you’ll get:

An informal hierarchy and work environment:

Our open, flat structure supports a strong focus on communication and collaboration, enabling to respond quickly to market changes and customer requests.

An attractive salary package:

With an attractive salary and benefits package – including advantageous fringe benefits – you’ll be paid for what you love to do.

A strong corporate culture:

You’ll join a dynamic team of smart and ambitious people. From the way we hire, to the way we relate to our clients – our values from the foundation of the way we work.

Learning & development opportunities:

We constantly invest in our people and are committed to providing individual development opportunities to help you continue to grow and stay happy and satisfied at work.

Exciting projects:

You’ll take ownership of various projects for both public and private clients: calling for creativity and innovation, at the cutting-edge of technology.

A rock solid company:

With more than 200 customers by 2023, you’ll join a business with a sustainable and growth-oriented plan.

But let’s talk about it face to face!

You have the qualities as listed above? Please, apply & send us your CV, which will be processed in full confidentiality.

You don’t have all the above requirements but own a great part of them? You can send us your CV too because we will give you the opportunity to grow up with us.