Messaging Middleware Support Engineer - Electronic Trading

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading innovative company as a Messaging Middleware Support Engineer specializing in electronic trading. You'll engage with messaging systems and work collaboratively in a vibrant team environment, providing operational support and enhancing messaging architectures. This role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to contribute significantly in a fast-paced setting.

Benefits

Competitive salary based on skills

Innovative work environment

Talented professional collaboration

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in UNIX/Linux production environments.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills for production applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and engineering support for Messaging Middleware.
• Collaborate with development and production teams.
• Implement best practices for configuring AMPS instances.

Skills

UNIX/Linux production environment

Kerberos authentication

AMPS

TIBCO EMS

Kafka

Solace

Message replication

High-volume messaging

Communication skills

Ansible

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

Wiki

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Messaging Middleware Support Engineer - Electronic Trading
Contract: 12 Months
Location: London (2 to 3 Days Onsite)
Work Pattern: Full Time
Rate: Highly Competitive for Suitable Candidates

Are you passionate about electronic trading and Middleware technologies? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can make a real impact? Join our client as a Messaging Middleware Support Engineer and help shape the future of electronic trading!

About the Role:
As a Messaging Middleware Support Engineer, you will engage in both development and operational activities to support message-oriented Middleware in the electronic trading space. Collaborate with regional and globally distributed teams to maintain and enhance existing and new messaging architectures. This is your chance to work closely with stakeholders daily, resolving incidents, addressing problems, and managing service requests!

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in a UNIX/Linux production environment with numerous hosts.
• Familiarity with the Kerberos authentication protocol or similar.
• Proficiency working with AMPS Experience with transport/messaging systems: AMPS, TIBCO EMS, Kafka, Solace and/or other publisher/subscriber messaging products.
• Message replication, high-volume messaging, and scaling experience
• Ability to coordinate seamlessly with application and infrastructure teams during releases.
• Experience in tracking and managing vendor support tickets while triaging urgent production issues.
• Hands-on experience with on-call support for production environments.
• Solid troubleshooting skills for production applications.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Automation expertise using Ansible.
• Experience with tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Jira, and Wiki.
• Basic knowledge of Middleware (MQ, Kafka) and platform operating systems (Windows, Unix).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide operational and engineering support for messaging Middleware.
• Act as a vital link between Production and Development teams.
• Define, automate, and maintain support processes for data validation and entitlements integration.
• Implement best practises for configuring and deploying AMPS instances or similar technologies.
• optimise existing solutions and architectures for efficiency.
• Contribute to the design of resilient messaging architectures tailored for low latency/high throughput scenarios.
• Ensure a solid understanding of protocols such as TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, SSH, and SFTP.

Why Join Us?

• Work in a vibrant and innovative environment that values your expertise.
• Collaborate with talented professionals who are passionate about technology and electronic trading.
• Enjoy a highly competitive rate for your skills and contributions.

If you're ready to take your career to the next level and be part of a forward-thinking organisation, we want to hear from you! Apply today and embark on an exciting journey as a Messaging Middleware Support Engineer in Electronic Trading!

Note: This is a fixed-term contract position for 12 months. The role requires 2 to 3 days onsite in London.

Join us and be part of something extraordinary!

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