Senior Platform & Integration Engineer (Kafka)

About the role

Medica is seeking a Senior Platform & Integration Engineer to provide technical leadership and hands‑on expertise in Kafka, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes, Azure cloud services, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and cloud‑native platform engineering. The role drives the design, implementation, and support of scalable, secure, and reliable enterprise platforms, collaborating with engineering leadership, application development teams, cloud and security teams, infrastructure teams, and enterprise architects.

Key Accountabilities

• Administer, support, and optimize Kafka platforms across on‑premises environments and Confluent Cloud, ensuring high availability, security, monitoring, and efficient event‑streaming.
• Manage and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Kubernetes platforms, including cluster administration, networking, ingress management, RBAC, autoscaling, secrets management, and platform security.
• Serve as an Azure Cloud Administrator, handling Azure services, infrastructure and network connectivity issues, and supporting development teams with resource provisioning, deployment, and configuration.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to streamline software delivery and platform operations.
• Drive automation initiatives through scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to improve provisioning, deployment, and operational efficiency.
• Implement and enhance observability and monitoring solutions with Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, and Grafana to ensure platform reliability, availability, and performance.
• Lead incident management activities, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, problem resolution, and continuous service improvement.
• Establish and enforce platform governance, operational standards, security controls, and best practices across cloud and integration platforms.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship in Kafka, Kubernetes, Azure, and DevOps technologies.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and enterprise architecture teams to advance cloud modernization, platform engineering, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud operations, or enterprise integration.
• Hands‑on expertise with Kafka, Confluent Cloud, AKS/Kubernetes, Azure, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Azure resource management, cloud deployments, and network troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Experience with containerization, distributed systems, and deployment strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep for Infrastructure as Code.
• Background in microservices and event‑driven architecture.
• Healthcare or other regulated‑industry experience.
• Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka, or DevOps certifications.
• Hybrid‑cloud or multi‑cloud experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Kafka administration, cluster management, and event‑driven architecture design.
• Kubernetes and AKS platform administration and cloud‑native operations.
• Azure cloud administration, including subscriptions, resource groups, networking, storage, and compute.
• Assisting development and platform teams with provisioning, deployment, and lifecycle management of Azure resources.
• Troubleshooting Azure networking and connectivity issues (VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Private Endpoints, DNS, hybrid connectivity).
• CI/CD pipeline design, DevOps practices, infrastructure automation, and deployment orchestration.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM Templates, and Bicep.
• Observability, application monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization.
• Networking, security, ingress controllers, RBAC, identity management, and secrets management.
• Technical leadership with strong communication, stakeholder collaboration, and cross‑functional team coordination.

Pay

The full salary grade for this position is $100,300 – $172,000. The typical hiring salary range is expected to be between $100,300 – $150,465, with placement dependent on education, experience, certifications, scope of responsibility, internal equity, and market data.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Paid volunteer time off
• 401(k) contributions
• Caregiver services
• Additional benefits to support employee well‑being

Schedule

This is an office‑based role located in Minnetonka, MN, requiring on‑site work an average of three days per week.

Eligibility to work in the United States is required; Medica does not sponsor work visas for this role.