Kafka Platform Engineer

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About Avaron AB

At Avaron, you get the security of permanent employment combined with the variety of working at different customers. We place specialists across everything from tech, IT and industry to project management and business support – and whatever the assignment, you have a consultant manager who is there for you and your development. About the Role You will help build and run a shared integration platform that multiple development teams depend on for reliable, secure, and scalable data flows. This role sits close to the core platform, with a strong focus on Apache Kafka, HiveMQ, Kubernetes, automation, and end-to-end operational ownership. You will work across platform stability, self-service, observability, and continuous improvement, and support project teams when deeper integration expertise is needed. You will collaborate with security, architecture, and development teams in a complex technical environment where resilience, performance, and governance matter. This is a great role for you if you enjoy owning business-critical platform capabilities and influencing how developers use them safely and efficiently. Job DescriptionYou will design, deploy, and operate multi-cluster, multi-region Apache Kafka environments with Strimzi on Kubernetes, as well as HiveMQ brokers. You will drive platform upgrades for Kafka, Strimzi, and HiveMQ, and help keep the platform secure and stable with minimal disruption. You will develop and maintain custom Kafka connectors to move data between legacy systems and cloud environments. You will shape scaling strategies, topology rules, storage setup, and resource allocation for message-heavy workloads. You will manage partition layouts, topic compaction, retention settings, and overall cluster performance. You will design high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, including cross-region replication and automated failover. You will implement governance and security controls around schemas, ACLs, SASL, OAuth/OIDC paths