Location: Makati City

Shift: Mid Shift

Open to Philippine-based applicants only

Citco is looking for a Kafka Engineer to support and administer its Kafka Platform Service (KPS) within the IT Operations Middleware team. This role is responsible for maintaining a secure, scalable, and reliable event-streaming platform that supports enterprise-wide applications and services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and operate Apache Kafka clusters across multiple environments
• Implement and support enterprise event-streaming solutions
• Perform platform performance tuning and capacity planning
• Develop automation using Infrastructure as Code tools
• Support application teams with Kafka onboarding and integration
• Troubleshoot and resolve Kafka-related issues
• Maintain platform security, governance, and compliance standards
• Enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities
• Create and maintain operational documentation and runbooks

Requirements:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
• Experience managing production Kafka environments
• Knowledge of Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and MirrorMaker 2
• Experience with Terraform or Ansible
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, and EFK Stack
• Understanding of Kafka security (TLS, SASL-SCRAM, ACLs)
• Linux administration and networking knowledge
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, or Rundeck
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Preferred:

• Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK)
• Experience supporting mission-critical production environments

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Career growth and development opportunities
• Exposure to enterprise-scale technologies and global projects
• Collaborative and innovative work environment