Large-Scale Federal Kafka Deployments

Context

• Role: Solutions Architect with Confluent.
• Sectors: Federal, DoD, financial services, healthcare, telecom, and enterprise.

Challenge

• Deliver large-scale Kafka deployments.
• Meet federal ATO and security control requirements.
• Enforce fine-grained access controls.
• Deploy across cloud, bare metal, and Kubernetes.

Architecture

• Technology: Confluent Platform, Kafka, Ansible, Kubernetes operators.
• Integrated enterprise identity providers (LDAP and Kerberos) with Kafka ACL and RBAC models.
• Hardened configurations and FIPS-compliant cryptography.

Operational Model

• Led architecture workshops and deep-dive engagements focused on production readiness, automation, and operational resilience.

Outcomes

• Designed and deployed Confluent Platform across cloud, bare metal, and Kubernetes.
• Implemented deployments aligned with federal ATO and security control requirements.