About the Mission
Kafka consultant role
Job Summary:
As part of a three-month mission, we are looking for a Kafka consultant. As an expert, you evaluate, optimize the existing infrastructure and draft the governance linked to the operationalization of the platform. You will also participate in resolving a series of specific problems related to the maintenance of the platform
Main missions:
Design and architecture: Participate in the architecture of data flows and integrate Kafka as the backbone of microservices and cdc
Development: Create and optimize data pipelines, configure topics, partitions and retention mechanisms. Operationalize these procedures
Integration: Evaluate the architecture of existing Kafka Connect connectors and improve monitoring
Supervision: Implement monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana)
Implementation of troubleshooting procedures to guarantee high availability of clusters
Security: Secure data exchanges (TLS, SASL, ACL)
Knowledge transfer and technical team training
Required skills:
Kafka expertise: In-depth mastery of the Apache Kafka ecosystem (Broker, KRaft, Schema Registry)
Frameworks: Hands-on experience with Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect
Infrastructure: Knowledge of technologies related to containerization (Strimzi, confluent, etc.)
Architecture: Good understanding of distributed architectures, microservices principles and event processing
Knowledge of Ansible
Optional: Understanding of datastack on streaming (Iceberg, Spark, Flink,…)
Profile sought:
Significant experience in production implementation and optimization of Kafka platforms
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Required Skills
Architecture IT, Grafana, Kafka
Practical Information
- Company: SMALS
- Location: Bruxelles – Hybrid
- Start Date: 1 September 2026
- End Date: 30 November 2026
- Duration: 5 months
- Contract Type: Freelance / Mission
- Application Deadline: 8 July 2026