Senior Confluent Consultant Job at Kelaca, Austin, TX

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  • Kelaca
  • Austin, TX

Job Description

Kelaca is partnering with a trusted solutions integrator that is actively looking to hire a Senior Confluent Consultant based in Austin, TX to support high-impact engagements with a Fortune 100 financial services client. Confluent powers mission-critical, real-time data. This role sits at the center of designing, building, and handing off production systems clients can trust.

What You Will Do :

Architecture & Implementation

  • Design and deploy event-driven systems on Confluent Platform or Confluent Cloud using Apache Flink and Kafka Streams.
  • Modernize legacy data flows into real-time patterns, defining microservice boundaries where appropriate.
  • Build production-ready systems with CI/CD, observability, and security frameworks.

Client Enablement & Consulting

  • Deliver training and handoff sessions to client engineers as part of acceptance.
  • Produce clear runbooks, documentation, and system diagrams.
  • Translate technical solutions into business terms for client stakeholders.

Collaboration & Compliance

  • Partner with Confluent teams and client stakeholders to align on technical and business outcomes.
  • Ensure all implementations meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
  • Operate with consulting professionalism – balancing delivery with relationship-building.

How You Work:

This role is for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical mastery and client engagement. You’ll succeed if you:

  • Have the consulting presence to build trust with enterprise clients.
  • Balance precision engineering with real-world delivery deadlines.
  • Communicate complex systems clearly to both technical and business leaders.
  • See yourself not just as a builder, but as a guide who ensures client teams can sustain success.

Must-Haves:

  • Proven consulting background with billable delivery at a systems integrator or consultancy.
  • Vendor-grade Confluent expertise with multiple production deployments using Flink or Kafka Streams on Confluent Platform or Confluent Cloud.
  • 5+ years Linux in production including configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting.
  • 3+ years designing and operating high-throughput systems on AWS or GCP or Azure.
  • Skilled in architecting and developing microservices, with hands-on experience in coding, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and security.
  • Experience delivering client training and producing clear runbooks and diagrams.
  • Track record of shipping to production in enterprise settings with monitoring, SLOs, RBAC or ACLs, and Schema Registry compatibility.

Nice-to-Haves:

  • Deep hands-on skills with connectors, Schema Registry, RBAC and ACLs, platform hardening
  • Event-driven application development beyond pipelines
  • Languages: Shell, Java, Python. C, C++, JavaScript, or Rust are a plus.
  • Prior work in financial services or other regulated industries.
  • Confluent certifications for developer or administrator.

Work Environment:

  • Hybrid: 3 days onsite in Austin, 2 remote.
  • Operate within a regulated enterprise client, balancing speed with compliance.
  • Project-based rhythm with defined milestones and renewals.

Job Type: Full-time

Hours of Work: Monday-Friday; 8am-5pm

FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt

 

Kelaca is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment based on age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, protected veteran status, genetic information, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other non-merit factor.

 

Job Tags

Full time, Remote work, Monday to Friday,

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