Helix- Kafka Admin with Opensearch

Here is how, through this exciting role, YOU will contribute to BMC's and your own success:

• Architect and manage scalable Kafka and OpenSearch clusters for low-latency streaming, log analytics, and enterprise search
• Define and implement patterns for scaling, replication, retention, disaster recovery, and cost optimization across distributed environments
• Lead infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitOps to provision, patch, and upgrade hybrid cloud platforms
• Design CI/CD workflows that support streaming pipelines and search services, including schema management and data ingestion automation
• Deploy and orchestrate Kafka and OpenSearch on Kubernetes using Helm and operators, ensuring resilience, elasticity, and multi-tenancy
• Build observability frameworks with logging, metrics, and alerting to monitor Kafka brokers, consumers, and OpenSearch nodes, supporting 99.99% uptime SLAs
• Enforce security and compliance through RBAC, encryption, vulnerability patching, auditing, and certificate automation
• Mentor engineers on distributed data best practices while driving initiatives to reduce operational overhead and align platform strategies with business goals

To ensure you’re set up for success, you will bring the following skillset & experience:

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, and distributed systems
• Deep expertise in Kafka, OpenSearch, Kubernetes, and hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Strong skills in automation using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitOps workflows
• Proven ability to design scalable data platforms and CI/CD pipelines for streaming and search
• Experience implementing observability, security, and compliance for mission-critical systems
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and driving cross-team collaboration
  • Creative problem-solver with a track record of building innovative frameworks and reducing operational overhead