Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and operate Apache Kafka / Confluent Platform / Confluent Cloud in large-scale, distributed environments.
Define and implement Kafka broker architecture, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and consumer group strategies.
Establish eventing standards, schema governance, topic naming conventions, retention policies, and platform guardrails.
Drive enterprise event-driven architecture (EDA) adoption beyond Kafka infrastructure (event design, patterns, and contracts).
Event-Driven Design & Stream Processing
Lead event-driven use case design and implementation, collaborating with domain and application teams.
Design and build stream processing applications using Flink, Kafka Streams (KStreams) or equivalent frameworks (Spark Streaming, Google Dataflow, etc.).
Support real-time data processing, enrichment, aggregation, and stateful streaming use cases.
Deploy and manage Kafka and streaming workloads on Kubernetes (GKE preferred; AKS/EKS acceptable).
Use Helm, Kustomize, and Kubernetes Operators for repeatable and scalable deployments.
Integrate Kafka platforms with cloud-native services such as compute, storage, and messaging systems.
Security, Access Control & Compliance
Design and enforce platform and data security controls, including ACLs / RBAC, TLS/mTLS, certificate management, and secrets management.
Implement cloud IAM, Secret Manager, and Cloud KMS (or equivalent AWS/Azure services).
Embed code and infrastructure security using tools such as Snyk, SonarQube, Nexus, Trivy.
Observability, Reliability & Operations




Build and operate monitoring and observability solutions (Current Relic, Sumo Logic, or similar tools such as Splunk, Datadog, AppDynamics).
Support incident triage, root‐cause analysis, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
Define SLOs, SLIs, and operational runbooks for Kafka and streaming platforms.
DevOps, Automation & CI/CD
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI or equivalent tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Harness).
Automate platform operations and validations using Shell/Bash and Python.
Consulting & Enablement
Act as a Kafka subject‐matter expert, mentoring teams and reviewing solution designs.
Provide architectural guidance during solution design, reviews, and production readiness assessments.
Collaborate with enterprise architects, security teams, and SRE/DevOps functions.
Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral)
Must‐Have
Kafka & Eventing (Intermediate – Advanced)
Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Consumer Groups
Confluent Platform / Confluent Cloud
Event‐driven architecture standards and governance
Stream Processing (Intermediate)




Experience operating real‐time streaming applications
GKE / AKS / EKS
Security & Access Controls (Must Have)
ACLs, RBAC
OAuth 2.0, TLS/mTLS
Certificate and secrets management
Observability & Monitoring (Must Have)
New Relic, Sumo Logic, or equivalent tools
Messaging Systems (Intermediate)
GCP Pub/Sub or AWS SQS / Azure messaging / JMS
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform
CI/CD & Containerisation
GitLab CI or equivalent
Docker
Good‐to‐Have
Prior experience in enterprise integration, supply chain, retail, or logistics domains
Exposure to multi‐region, high‐throughput Kafka deployments
Confluent, Kubernetes, or Cloud certifications
Attractive Compensation & Rewards
We offer a highly competitive salary package aligned with the Australian market, complemented by performance‐based incentives, recognition programs, and comprehensive employee advantages. Your achievements are celebrated, and your contributions truly matter.
Equal Opportunity Employer
TCS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Note:
Compensation details are accurate as of this posting and may be adjusted in line with Australian laws and market conditions. Applicants may be asked to attend interviews in person or via video conference and present valid identification during the process.
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