Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain messaging infrastructures including IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, and Apache Kafka across multiple environments.
- Administer and configure Queue Managers, topics, channels, queues, and connectors for IBM MQ and other messaging platforms.
- Automate deployment, monitoring, and configuration tasks using scripting (e.g., Bash, Python) or configuration tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
- Collaborate with application developers, architects, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust integration solutions.
- Develop and maintain messaging security policies including encryption (SSL / TLS), authentication, and authorization.
- Create and maintain documentation for configurations, runbooks, operational procedures, and disaster recovery.
- Monitor performance metrics and tune messaging systems for throughput, reliability, and resource efficiency.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex messaging issues impacting business-critical systems.
Lead or participate in platform upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives involving messaging technology.Required Qualifications
7+ years of experience in enterprise IT environments.5+ years of hands-on experience with IBM MQ (v8, v9 or later) including installation, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting.Experience with RabbitMQ and Apache Kafka in a production environment.Solid understanding of messaging patterns (e.g., point-to-point, pub / sub, request / reply) and delivery semantics (at least once, at most once, exactly once).Experience integrating messaging platforms with enterprise applications using Java, .NET, Python, or Node.js.Proficient in managing security aspects of messaging platforms including TLS / SSL, certificate management, and user access control.Scripting experience for operational automation and monitoring (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).Familiar with HA / DR designs and clustering for messaging systems.Experience with IBM Integration Bus (IIB) / App Connect Enterprise (ACE).
Familiarity with cloud-native messaging services (e.g., Amazon MSK, Azure Event Hubs, Google Pub / Sub).Knowledge of monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK).