Platform Engineer Integration Competence Centre (ICC)

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.