Middleware Engineer (Kafka)

PM Consulting • On-call duty • Bachelor's Degree • 1 day ago
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In office (Makati)
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Middle · 3+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026.

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PM Consulting

PM Consulting is a Philippine HR consulting and recruitment firm based in Makati, Metro Manila, offering executive search, professional and IT recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and HR consulting. Active since 2006, it works with more than 100 local and global client companies across many industries, and most of its mandates sit in Metro Manila business districts such as Makati, Pasig, Taguig and Mandaluyong. Its client vacancies span audit and accounting managers, HR business partners, brand and merchandising managers, data and platform engineers, solution architects and B2B sales staff.
pmconsulting.ph • HQ: Makati, Philippines • Human Resources • Recruiting & Staffing • Executive Search • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006

Key Responsibilities

Kafka Cluster Administration & Infrastructure

  • Cluster Management: Deploy, configure, and operate Apache Kafka production clusters, including broker tuning, topic management, and ACL administration.
  • Ecosystem Management: Administer key Kafka ecosystem tools, including Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, and MirrorMaker 2.
  • Infrastructure Automation: Build and maintain automated provisioning, configuration, and deployment scripts using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).

Operations, Observability & Security

  • Performance & Monitoring: Optimize cluster performance, conduct capacity planning, and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, EFK stack) for alerts and metrics.
  • Security & Governance: Enforce data governance standards and configure Kafka security protocols, including TLS, SASL-SCRAM, and fine-grained access control lists (ACLs).
  • Incident Management: Drive root-cause resolution for platform incidents with minimal client impact and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for critical applications.
  • Developer Onboarding: Partner with engineering teams to onboard new producers and consumers, contributing to the Event Catalog and Subscription API documentation.

Requirements

Education & Experience

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Platform Tenure: 3+ years of hands-on professional experience administering Apache Kafka or enterprise event-streaming platforms in production.
  • Certifications (Preferred): Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK) is a strong advantage.

Technical Skills

  • Kafka Ecosystem: Deep working knowledge of Kafka brokers, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, MirrorMaker 2, and event-driven architecture patterns.
  • DevOps & OS: Solid Linux/Unix system administration, networking fundamentals, and IaC tools (Terraform or Ansible).
  • CI/CD & Monitoring: Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, BitBucket, Rundeck) and centralized monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, EFK).
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