The company is seeking a Kafka Architect / Streaming Data Architect to design and implement enterprise-scale Kafka architecture in alignment with Bank Lakehouse principles. This role focuses on defining event-driven architecture patterns, establishing topic strategies, and ensuring fault tolerance and high availability for real-time data processing.
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Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Job Type: Full-time
Work Conditions: On-site
Application Deadline: 30 July 2026
Key Responsibilities:
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Architecture & Design:
- Design Kafka architecture for enterprise-scale applications.
- Define ingestion and processing patterns.
- Establish policies on topic strategy, partitioning, and replication.
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Platform Implementation:
- Lead the configuration of Kafka brokers, Zookeeper/Kraft, and Kafka Connect framework.
- Integrate Kafka with Cloudera Data Platform, Informatica, and various data warehouses.
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Real-Time Data Engineering:
- Create pipelines for event streaming and batch ingestion.
- Build Change Data Capture (CDC) pipelines.
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Performance & Scalability:
- Ensure high throughput, low latency, and efficient consumer scaling.
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Resilience & Reliability:
- Implement failover strategies and ensure data durability.
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Data Governance & Security:
- Enforce role-based access control and encryption.
- Integrate with metadata and lineage tools.
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Monitoring & Operations:
- Implement monitoring solutions and ensure observability for data pipelines.
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Documentation & Governance:
- Deliver high and low-level designs, maintain documentation for data lineage, and participate in governance processes.
Key Technical Skills Required:
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Core Technologies:
- Cloudera Kafka, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams.
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Ecosystem Tools:
- Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Informatica, Teradata, Denodo.
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Data & Integration:
- Experience with CDC tools (Debezium preferred) and ETL/ELT design patterns.
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DevOps & Infrastructure:
- Familiarity with Kubernetes/Docker is preferred.
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Domain Experience:
- Mandatory experience in BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) domain including regulatory reporting and data reconciliation.
Soft Skills:
- Strong stakeholder management and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-vendor environment.
For further information about the role and to apply, please ensure your application is submitted before the deadline.
