Confluent Kafka Migration Engineer Midrand Jobs in South Africa

A Confluent Kafka Migration Engineer is needed in Midrand, through GoldenRule, on a contract basis. The role supports the migration of a large-scale, on-premises Confluent Platform environment to Confluent Cloud, with responsibility for migration planning, cloud environment configuration, secure network connectivity, Kafka data replication, authentication modernisation, production cutovers and post-migration stabilisation.

About the company and the work

GoldenRule is positioned as a Strategic Resourcing Partner and is an IT services company offering a total solution around staffing issues, including contracting full-time staff to clients for in-house or external projects, permanent placements, and temporary-to-permanent placements.

This role is for an experienced engineer, described in the advert as mid-level Senior, who will help move enterprise Kafka workloads from on-premises environments to cloud-managed Confluent Cloud, with a focus on data integrity, high availability, security and minimal service interruption.

Role details

• Confluent Kafka Migration Engineer, Contract Senior position, Midrand.
• Salary: undisclosed.
• Posted 26 October 2026, expires in 34 days.
• Job number 2646613, reference GDR03847.
• Key duties include assessing the existing on-premises Kafka and Confluent Platform environment and validating the target cloud design; developing migration strategies, wave-based execution plans, cutover runbooks and rollback procedures; provisioning and configuring Confluent Cloud environments for development, pre-production and production; configuring Kafka topics, partitions, replication, Schema Registry subjects, ACLs and service accounts; implementing and managing Confluent Cluster Linking for replication and migration of Kafka workloads; validating data consistency, schema compatibility, consumer offsets, application connectivity and message flow; configuring secure private connectivity between on-premises data centres and cloud environments; modernising Kafka client authentication from Kerberos-based authentication to supported modern methods; collaborating with application teams to update Kafka client configurations, libraries and authentication; implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automating platform provisioning and configuration; configuring monitoring, alerting, audit logging, consumer lag tracking and performance dashboards; troubleshooting Kafka replication, connectivity, throughput, partitioning, consumer lag and production issues; executing production cutovers in planned waves, validating workload functionality and maintaining rollback readiness; and supporting hypercare, operational handover, knowledge transfer and decommissioning of legacy Kafka infrastructure.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform administration.
• Proven experience in enterprise-scale Kafka migrations from on-premises environments to cloud-managed platforms.
• Practical experience with Confluent Cloud architecture, configuration, administration and operations.
• Hands-on experience with Confluent Cluster Linking and Kafka replication strategies.
• Strong understanding of Kafka topics, partitions, replication factors, consumer groups, offsets and related concepts.
• Experience with Confluent Schema Registry, schema compatibility, Kafka Connect, connectors and ACLs.
• Knowledge of Kafka security and authentication mechanisms, including Kerberos, SASL, TLS and API keys.
• Experience with AWS or GCP cloud services, private networking and secure connectivity.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools and CI/CD automation.
• Experience with production cutovers, rollback planning, disaster recovery, monitoring and incident handling.
• Strong understanding of data integrity, performance optimisation, security controls and operational readiness.
• Ability to coordinate with application development, cloud infrastructure, security and networking teams.
• Desired skills listed in the advert: Systems Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Programming/configuration, Critical Thinking and Time Management.
• Advantageous experience listed in the advert includes migration of Confluent Platform to Confluent Cloud Enterprise clusters; Apache Flink architecture, stream-processing concepts and Kafka-Flink integration; multi-cloud or cross-region Kafka migration strategies; AWS PrivateLink, GCP Private Service Connect, VPC peering, VPN or Direct Connect; ksqlDB, Tableflow and Confluent Cloud governance capabilities; Prometheus, Grafana, Instana or similar observability tools; Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, GitOps and cloud-native deployment practices; managed streaming services and enterprise event-driven architectures; and Confluent Certified Developer or Administrator for Apache Kafka, AWS or GCP cloud, and HashiCorp Terraform Associate certifications.
• No formal qualification is stated in the advert; the requirements are experience- and skills-based, so confirm any qualification expectations on the original advert.

Where to find and apply safely

Apply through the original CareerJunction advert linked from this page. Use the Apply button, which opens the original GoldenRule advert. Never pay a fee to apply for a job, and confirm the role and requirements on the original advert.

Practical tips

• Highlight enterprise Kafka migrations you have delivered, especially from on-premises to Confluent Cloud.
• Show Cluster Linking, Schema Registry and replication work, with examples of cutovers and rollback plans.
• Mention Terraform, AWS or GCP networking, and monitoring or observability tooling you have used.
• Apply promptly; the advert expires in 34 days.

How the process works

After you apply through the original advert, GoldenRule reviews applications and contacts suitable candidates for its client’s migration programme.

Important information

This post is a summary for job seekers; the original CareerJunction advert is the authoritative source. Please note that salary is undisclosed in the advert, and that no formal qualification is stated in the advert, so confirm pay and any qualification expectations on the original advert.

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