Event Streaming Engineer - Kafka / Azure Event Hubs

We are looking for a Senior Event Streaming Engineer / Lead to design and implement event-driven integration solutions using Azure Event Hubs and Apache Kafka.
Responsibilities
Design event-driven integrations, including Kafka connectivity, topic mapping, partitioning, and schema management.
Configure Event Hubs, partitions, consumer groups, retention, and throughput settings in collaboration with Cloud Engineering.
Implement secure authentication, Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and least-privilege access controls.
Develop event ingestion and downstream consumer integrations using Kafka-compatible interfaces or Azure SDKs.
Implement retry, recovery, duplicate handling, replay, and end-to-end reliability testing.
Establish monitoring, alerting, operational runbooks, and technical documentation.
Required Skills
Hands-on experience with Azure Event Hubs and Apache Kafka.
Strong knowledge of Kafka producers, consumers, topics, partitions, offsets, and delivery semantics.
Experience with event-driven architecture, serialization, and schema compatibility.
Practical knowledge of Azure security, identity, RBAC, and credential management.
Ability to independently design, develop, troubleshoot, and test end-to-end integrations.
Preferred Skills
C#/.NET development for Kafka integrations or bridge solutions.
Experience with JSON, Avro, and schema registries.
Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Terraform/Bicep, and CI/CD.
Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and production support.
Azure or Kafka certifications are an advantage.
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