Infrastructure Engineer (Kafka)

Mayflower is a technology company building highload products used by millions of people worldwide. Operating at the scale of one of the world's top-50 websites, we solve complex engineering challenges and create solutions that power real-time entertainment for a global audience. Job Responsibilities Cluster Management: deploy, administer, and scale Apache Kafka and Kafka Debezium clusters in high-load production environments; Infrastructure as Code: fully automate provisioning and configuration management processes using Terraform and Ansible; Reliability Engineering: configure monitoring and alerting, design Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies, and ensure High Availability (HA) for stateful services; Performance Tuning: deep optimization of Kafka configurations (producers, consumers, brokers) and OS (Linux) kernel parameters tailored to specific load profiles; Troubleshooting: investigate incidents, analyze logs, and identify bottlenecks in distributed data processing systems.