About the Company:
At Syncredible Solutions, we believe in the transformative power of technology. we specialize in Digital transformation services, Enterprise solutions, Power BI Analytics solutions and staffing services.
Role Description
We are seeking a hands-on Senior Engineer / Lead to design and implement an event-driven integration capability using Azure Event Hubs and Kafka-compatible interfaces.
This role would own the integration design, Event Hubs configuration, security and access controls, event ingestion, and downstream consumer enablement. The role would collaborate closely with Cloud Engineering, Information Security, and application teams, with Azure infrastructure provisioning and network configuration handled by the Cloud Engineering team.
Responsibilities
Requirements and Design
- Assess upstream event producer capabilities, Kafka endpoints, topics, schemas, sample payloads, throughput, latency, and ordering requirements.
- Design the integration approach, including direct publishing versus a Kafka bridge, partitioning strategy, availability, and disaster recovery.
Event Hubs Configuration and Security
- Define and configure event hubs, partitions, consumer groups, retention, and throughput settings; coordinate infrastructure provisioning with Cloud Engineering.
- Implement appropriate authentication, RBAC, least-privilege access, encryption controls, and secure credential management.
Event Ingestion and Consumer Enablement
- Implement event ingestion, topic mapping, serialization/deserialization, schema compatibility, and event metadata handling.
- Enable downstream consumers using Kafka protocol or Azure-native SDKs, including independent consumer groups and checkpoint management.
Reliability, Testing, and Operations
- Implement retry, recovery, duplicate handling, and event replay strategies; validate end-to-end event delivery.
- Establish monitoring, alerting, operational runbooks, and technical documentation for the foundational implementation.
Qualifications
A. Mandatory Qualifications
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using Azure Event Hubs and Apache Kafka.
- Strong understanding of Kafka producers/consumers, topics, partitions, partition keys, consumer groups, offsets, and delivery semantics.
- Experience with event-driven architecture, partitioning strategies, serialization/deserialization, and schema compatibility.
- Practical knowledge of Azure security, including Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure credential management.
- Experience implementing reliable event processing, including retries, duplicate handling, recovery, and replay.
- Ability to independently design, implement, troubleshoot, and test end-to-end integration solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Programming proficiency in C#/.NET for Kafka integration or bridge development.
- Experience with JSON, Avro, schema registries, and event schema versioning.
- Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Terraform/Bicep, and CI/CD automation.
- Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and production support; experience in financial services or other regulated environments.
Relevant Azure or Kafka certifications, particularly:
- Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (CCDAK)
- Confluent Cloud Certified Operator (CCAC)
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Syncredible Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
