Senior Middleware Engineer / IBM MQ & Kafka Administrator

eTeam Inc.

Charlotte, NC(remote)

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$80–$80 Per Hour

SKILLS

Access Control, Administrative Skills, Apache Kafka, Authentication, Brokerage, Cloud Computing, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), High Availability, IBM AIX Operating System Administration, IBM DB2, IBM Product Family, IBM Tivoli, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere MQ (Message Queue), Identify Issues, Java, License Management, Linux Administration, Manufacturing, Message Broker, Messaging Middleware, Middleware, On Call, Onboarding, Operations Processes, Oracle Database, Performance Tuning/Optimization, PostgreSQL, Production Support, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, RabbitMQ, Retail Banking, SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer), SSL-TLS (Secure Socket Layer - Transport Layer Security), Software Administration, Splunk, Systems Administration/Management, Technical Writing, Unix Shell Programming

LOCATION

Charlotte, NC(remote)

POSTED

3 days ago

Job Title: Senior Middleware Engineer / IBM MQ & Kafka Administrator

Location:Remote

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced Middleware Engineer with strong expertise in IBM MQ, IBM ACE/IIB, Apache Kafka, and WebSphere Application Server. The ideal candidate will be responsible for administering enterprise messaging platforms, supporting production environments, performing migrations, ensuring high availability, and optimizing middleware infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.

Required Skills

15 years of experience in IBM MQ Administration
Strong experience with IBM ACE / IIB / Message Broker
5 years of Apache Kafka & Confluent Platform administration
Experience with WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Hands-on experience with MQ clustering, RDQM, Multi-instance Queue Managers
Strong knowledge of SSL/TLS, OAM, SASL_SSL, ACL Security
Experience with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, MirrorMaker, Debezium
Linux/AIX administration
Experience with GCP/OpenShift/Kubernetes
Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Tivoli
Scripting using Shell, Python, MQSC
Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL databases
Strong troubleshooting and RCA skills
Experience supporting 24x7 Production environments

Responsibilities

Install, configure, administer and upgrade IBM MQ, Kafka and ACE/IIB environments.
Manage Queue Managers, Clusters, Channels, Topics, Brokers and Message Flows.
Configure high availability, disaster recovery and performance tuning.
Perform middleware migrations including MQ, Kafka and ACE upgrades.
Administer Kafka clusters, brokers, consumer groups, connectors and Schema Registry.
Configure SSL/TLS security, user authentication and access controls.
Monitor middleware infrastructure using Prometheus, Grafana and Splunk.
Troubleshoot production issues, perform RCA and resolve critical incidents.
Support application onboarding, deployment and middleware integration.
Automate administration tasks using Shell/Python scripts.
Collaborate with development, infrastructure and application teams during deployments.
Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
Participate in 24x7 on-call production support.

Preferred Skills

IBM MQ Certifications
Experience with RabbitMQ, DataPower
Experience migrating MQ to Kafka
Kubernetes/GKE/OpenShift exposure
Banking, Retail or Manufacturing domain experience

Nice to Have

Java development knowledge
CI/CD exposure
Cloud-native messaging architecture
Flexera licensing management

About the Company

eTeam Inc.

Looking for a great job? Join eTeam. We’re looking for talented staffing professionals to join our staff. We also provide contract assignments and full-time jobs at Fortune 2000 Companies. We’ve been named one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts and New Jersey Business.

COMPANY SIZE

100 to 499 employees

INDUSTRY

Other/Not Classified

FOUNDED

1998

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