Zensar Technologies—Pega Infrastructure Engineer (Kafka & Private Cloud)

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Description: We are seeking a Senior Pega Infrastructure Engineer with strong experience in Pega platform deployment and administration on Private Cloud environments. The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise in externalizing Pega services such as Kafka and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, containerizing Pega applications, and deploying solutions on AWS-based private cloud infrastructure. Key Responsibilities - Design, implement, and support Pega Platform infrastructure in Private Cloud environments. - Configure and manage Pega externalized services including: - Apache Kafka - Elasticsearch/OpenSearch - Deploy and administer containerized Pega applications using: - Docker - Kubernetes - Amazon EKS - Helm - Build and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS. - Configure and manage highly available Kafka environments including: - Topic management - Partitioning and replication - Security (SSL/TLS, SASL, IAM, ACLs) - Monitoring and troubleshooting - Manage OpenSearch/Elasticsearch clusters, indexing, retention, and search optimization. - Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools. - Support production environments, incident management, performance tuning, and disaster recovery activities. - Collaborate with application, DevOps, security, and architecture teams to deliver scalable enterprise solutions. Required Qualifications - 8+ years of overall IT experience. - 3+ years of hands-on Pega Infrastructure/Cloud experience. - Strong knowledge of Pega deployment and administration on Private Cloud. - Experience externalizing Pega services such as Kafka and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch. - Hands-on experience with: - Apache Kafka / Amazon MSK - Elasticsearch/OpenSearch - AWS Cloud Services - Docker - Kubernetes / Amazon EKS - Experience with Linux administration and shell scripting. - Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, IAM, certificates, and access controls. - Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Pega Containerization. - Experience deploying Pega on Kubernetes-based platforms. - AWS certifications. - Experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or ELK/OpenSearch. - Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and enterprise security practices. Technical Skills Pega: Pega Platform, Pega Private Cloud, Pega Containerization Cloud: AWS, EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch Messaging: Kafka, Amazon MSK, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry Search: Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Kibana/OpenSearch Dashboards Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, Azure DevOps Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK/OpenSearch This JD aligns closely with the manager's feedback that the primary need is Pega Infrastructure Setup on Private Cloud with Kafka, Search externalization, containerization, and AWS expertise, not a Kafka-only engineer.