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Title: Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer Duration: 24 Months Location: Round Rock, TX, 78664 The Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer provides middleware messaging engineering, administration and system support for new and existing production RabbitMQ and Kafka environments, including performance of the following tasks: Software installation, patch installation, upgrades, object definition, configuration, security, system monitoring and tuning, disaster recovery planning, automation implementation and backup and recovery. Work independently on day-to-day monitoring and operations of cloud and legacy applications. You will be required to develop automation using AI-assisted engineering practices. Identify opportunities to leverage AI and intelligent automation to reduce manual operational effort and accelerate service delivery. You will: Design, build and support enterprise large-scale distributed Messaging platforms, including software installation, patch installation, upgrading software, disaster, recovery planning, backup and recovery. Leverage AI-powered development and operational tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and incident resolution. Identify and implement best practices to support a highly available platform Implement and enforce security practices for enterprise messaging platforms Provide Operational support for platform issues to application development teams Address performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumers. Work in an agile global team setting Essential Requirements 6 to 12 years of experience in middleware Kafka messaging, application platforms management and distributed architecture/solutions Strong proven experience in managing RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale enterprise distributed systems Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace Deep and extensive knowledge in configuration, troubleshooting, optimization of Kafka / RabbitMQ Proficiency with Python, shell scripts, & configuration management tools, preferably Ansible? Practical experience using AI-powered development and engineering tools and solutions to improve development and operational productivity. Desirable Requirements Experience in applying Generative AI /Agentic AI to infrastructure operations, platform engineering, or software development workflows. Familiarity with AI-assisted observability, incident management, operational analytics, or intelligent automation solutions. Proven expertise in Kubernetes Container Orchestration and Docker Containers. Experience in messaging / streaming platforms like IBM MQ, Active MQ, Apache Flink etc.
Salary : $55 - $61