This role offers the opportunity to support critical, large-scale messaging and event streaming platforms within a secure, mission-driven environment.

You will be responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing Apache Kafka infrastructure that enables reliable data exchange across enterprise applications. Working closely with development and infrastructure teams, you will ensure high availability, performance, and operational excellence across production environments. The position combines hands-on platform engineering, system administration, performance tuning, and incident resolution. You will contribute to the continuous improvement of cloud and messaging infrastructure while adhering to strict security and change management standards.