Gaurav K.
Kafka Engineer | Data Streaming | Monitoring & Reliability
- Role
- Project Engineer at Wipro
- Location
- Kanpur, UP, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gaurav K.
Vellore Institute of Technology graduate with a B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering, specializing in Java, Object-Oriented Programming, and mobile application development. Gained foundational technical expertise through academic projects and certifications in machine learning and modern JavaScript. Currently working as a Kafka Engineer, managing large-scale Apache Kafka clusters in a production environment.Monitor and maintain Kafka clusters to ensure high availability and reliability of real-time streaming systemsHandle production incidents, alerts, and perform detailed root cause analysis to resolve issues efficientlyTune system performance by analyzing broker health, consumer lag, and partition distributionUse Datadog for monitoring, alerting, and observability of system metricsManage CI/CD pipelines and deployments using GitLabWork with Rancher for containerized infrastructure managementPerform log analysis and debugging to identify and fix production issuesEnsure smooth operation of real-time data pipelines and streaming platforms.
Experience
Project Engineer
Sep 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Currently working as a Kafka Engineer, managing large-scale Apache Kafka clusters in a production environment.Monitor and maintain Kafka clusters to ensure high availability and reliability of real-time streaming systemsHandle production incidents, alerts, and perform detailed root cause analysis to resolve issues efficientlyTune system performance by analyzing broker health, consumer lag, and partition distributionUse Datadog for monitoring, alerting, and observability of system metricsManage CI/CD pipelines and deployments using GitLabWork with Rancher for containerized infrastructure managementPerform log analysis and debugging to identify and fix production issuesEnsure smooth operation of real-time data pipelines and streaming platforms
Education
Vellore Institute of Technology
B.tech , Computer Science Engineering
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya inter college Rajpur Kanpur Dehat
Highschool, Science
Anubhav Inter College Murlipur Rar Kanpur Nagar
Intermediate, PCM
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