Sr Professional at Fiserv, Kafka Engineer cloudera/confluent kafka Experienced Data Engineer | Kafka & AWS Specialist | Cloud Migration Expert | Problem Solver. As a seasoned professional adept in both Confluent Kafka and Cloudera Kafka environments, I play a pivotal role in onboarding new producer and consumer applications, ensuring seamless integration into our Kafka ecosystem. My responsibilities extend to resolving various Kafka Connectors issues, encompassing Debezium, JDBC, and Informix, both as sources and sinks. Beyond troubleshooting, I also provide on-call support for our Kafka production cluster, ensuring its uninterrupted performance. My expertise extends to managing Zookeeper clusters in production environments, overseeing their health, and ensuring optimal performance through diligent monitoring practices. In addition to addressing day-to-day operational challenges, I actively engage in executing changes on our production environment, be it configuring Kafka brokers, managing topics, or implementing efficient log management strategies. As part of my administrative duties, I oversee the creation and deletion of topics and user access permissions, adhering strictly to user requirements and security protocols. Furthermore, I am responsible for implementing new functionalities and changes through Change Requests (CRs), ensuring a streamlined process and minimal disruption to operations. Proactive maintenance is key in our environment, and I am deeply involved in preventive measures, troubleshooting issues as they arise, and meticulously monitoring our Kafka ecosystem. I also advocate for robust backup and recovery strategies to safeguard against data loss and ensure business continuity. Beyond Kafka, I extend my expertise to monitoring Cloudera services such as Streams Messaging Manager (SMM), Sentry, and Ranger, ensuring the integrity and security of our entire data platform. My holistic approach and attention to detail are instrumental in maintaining the reliability and efficiency of our Kafka and Cloudera environments.