Platform Engineer Integration Competence Centre (ICC)
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Platform Engineer – Kafka & Integration Platform
Telge Consulting is looking for two experienced Platform Engineers specializing in integration and messaging platforms for assignments within a large enterprise environment.
You will work with business-critical integration platforms used by multiple development teams. The role combines platform engineering, DevOps, automation and operational responsibility, with a strong focus on Apache Kafka, Kubernetes and HiveMQ.
About the role
As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating and continuously improving scalable and secure integration platforms. You will work according to a "you build it – you run it" approach and take end-to-end responsibility for platform stability, automation, security and performance.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Design, deploy and maintain Apache Kafka environments on Kubernetes using Strimzi or similar technologies
- Operate and administer Kafka clusters and enterprise HiveMQ MQTT brokers
- Manage Kafka Connect, topics, partitions, schemas, retention and cluster resources
- Plan and perform platform upgrades, patching and lifecycle management
- Design solutions for high availability, disaster recovery and cross-region replication
- Implement Kafka security including ACLs, SASL, OAuth/OIDC, mTLS and RBAC
- Develop and maintain Kafka Connectors for integration between legacy and cloud-based systems
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
- Work with Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment using technologies such as Terraform and Helm
- Monitor platform health and performance using Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk and related observability tools
- Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot complex production issues
- Provide Tier 3 support for issues related to Kafka, messaging, networking and platform performance
- Support Java/Spring Boot development teams with Kafka Producer/Consumer configuration and integration patterns
- Develop self-service solutions and automation for development teams
- Work closely with security, architecture and development teams
Required qualifications
We are looking for candidates with:
- 4–6 years of professional experience working with Apache Kafka
- Experience with Kafka platform administration, Kafka Connect and KRaft
- Experience with Strimzi or similar Kafka operators on Kubernetes
- 4–6 years of experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions and/or Jenkins
- Experience with ArgoCD
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform
- Experience with Helm
- Experience with Linux
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience with observability technologies such as Grafana, Prometheus and Splunk
- Experience with Fluent Bit and/or OpenTelemetry
- Professional working proficiency in English
Experience with HiveMQ or other enterprise MQTT platforms is highly desirable.
Additional qualifications
It is advantageous if you have experience with:
- API Management platforms
- Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud
- KEDA
- Envoy Gateway or similar proxy/ingress technologies
- Cloud cost optimization
- Integration platforms in large enterprise environments
Personal qualities
You are a structured and solution-oriented engineer who is comfortable taking operational responsibility for business-critical platforms. You enjoy solving complex technical problems and collaborating with developers, architects, security specialists and other stakeholders.
You have a humble and collaborative approach and are comfortable working in an international environment.
Employment
Employer: Telge Consulting AB
Employment type: Full-time
Positions available: 2
Language: English
Start date: By agreement
Telge Consulting AB is a Swedish consulting company providing experienced specialists within IT, technology and infrastructure. For this position, you will be employed by Telge Consulting AB and work in a large enterprise integration environment in Sweden.
Applications should include a CV describing relevant experience with Kafka, Kubernetes, Java/Spring Boot and integration platforms.