Enterprise Middleware Platform Lead

Randstad Digital; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital is seeking a Product Leader responsible for end-to-end strategy and roadmap for enterprise messaging and integration platforms, bridging engineering, architecture, and business teams.

You will drive platform standardization, lifecycle governance, security controls (mTLS, certs), and high-availability outcomes across a global financial infrastructure.

The role emphasizes managing KPIs/SLOs, DR/HA testing, and regulatory compliance in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Product or Service Management for enterprise middleware with IBM MQ expertise.
• Deep knowledge of IBM ACE, ITX, and Instana/ITM.
• Proven track record in managing platform KPIs/SLOs, capacity planning, enterprise HA/DR, and large-scale upgrade and standardization programs.
• Experience collaborating across engineering, cybersecurity, and business units; vendor licensing and commercial relationships.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain multi-quarter product roadmaps for security, automation, platform currency, and customer onboarding for IBM MQ, ACE, ITX, and Instana platforms.
• Lead platform lifecycle initiatives—upgrades, deprecation strategies, and technical debt management—while enforcing reference architectures and security controls.
• Own service health outcomes by monitoring SLIs, SLOs, and MTTR; lead major incident reviews and ensure rigorous DR/HA testing.
• Ensure platforms meet audit, risk, and regulatory standards through vulnerability remediation, access controls, and active risk finding management.

Skills

IBM MQ

IBM ACE

ITX

Instana/ITM

Tools

Linux

Windows

Mainframe

Job description

The Opportunity: In this role, you will take full ownership of the end-to-end product strategy, multi-quarter roadmap, and operational excellence for critical enterprise messaging and integration platforms. You will bridge engineering, architecture, and business teams to drive platform standardization, lifecycle management, and high-availability outcomes across a global financial infrastructure.

Your Impact

• Strategy & Roadmap: Define and maintain multi-quarter product roadmaps covering security, automation, platform currency, and customer onboarding for IBM MQ, ACE, ITX, and Instana platforms.

• Lifecycle & Governance: Lead platform lifecycle initiatives-including upgrades, deprecation strategies, and technical debt management-while enforcing reference architectures and security controls (mTLS, certificate management).

• Reliability & Performance: Own service health outcomes by monitoring SLIs, SLOs, and MTTR, leading major incident reviews, and ensuring rigorous Disaster Recovery (DR) and High Availability (HA) testing.

• Risk & Compliance: Ensure platforms meet strict audit, risk, and regulatory standards through vulnerability remediation, access controls, and active risk finding management.

Your Experience

• Platform Expertise: Extensive experience in Product or Service Management for enterprise middleware, with deep expertise in IBM MQ and strong working knowledge of IBM ACE, ITX, and Instana/ITM.

• Lifecycle & Reliability Management: Proven track record in managing platform KPIs/SLOs, capacity planning, enterprise HA/DR, and large-scale upgrade and standardization programs.

• Stakeholder & Vendor Leadership: Strong ability to collaborate across engineering, cyber security, and business units, alongside experience managing vendor licensing and commercial relationships.

• Regulated Environments (Desirable): Experience managing multi-platform (Linux, Windows, Mainframe) enterprise estates within Financial Services or highly audited industries.

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