8+ years of experience in designing and architecting solutions using Confluent Kafka, with hands-on experience in Confluent Kafka Ability to lead client engagements, translate business requirements into technical solutions, and guide implementation teams Deep understanding of Kafka internals, KRaft architecture, and Confluent components Experience with Confluent Cloud, Stream Governance, Data Lineage, and RBAC Expertise in stream processing (Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, ksql DB) and event-driven architecture Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala Proven ability to integrate Kafka with enterprise xhfqzwm systems (databases, APIs, microservices) Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation (Ansible, CFK