Architecture: Direct the adoption and governance of Apache Kafka, covering partitioning strategies, schema management, resilience patterns, capacity planning, and security. Platform Engineering & Automation: Drive GitOps, IaC, and CI/CD standardization. Enhance developer experience by creating self-service golden paths, developer portals, and automated platform capabilities. Security & Operational Resilience: Implement … secure, fault-tolerant, high-performance distributed systems within regulated enterprise environments. DevOps & IaC: Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and configuration management. Desirable Skills: Familiarity with Service Mesh (e.g., Istio), API Gateways, Policy as Code (e.g., OPA), developer portals (Platform-as-a-Product ...