Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Middleware Integration

Motion Recruitment; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer – MQ Middleware Integration to join the Enterprise Middleware Integration team. The role involves building, engineering, and evangelizing Middleware, Streaming, and Messaging products across the enterprise, with hybrid work options across multiple locations.

Responsibilities include designing, implementing complex middleware upgrades, and ensuring high availability in a large financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing large-scale Middleware Messaging platforms.
• Experience with IBM MQ (WebSphere MQ) and IBM Message Broker / ACE / IIB.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka and Solace messaging technologies.
• Strong background in supporting enterprise-level, highly available environments.
• Experience with IBM MQ on Mainframe/Midrange platforms (z/OS, zLinux, AIX).
• Familiarity with incident management systems (ServiceNow preferred).
• Experience monitoring alerts, batch failures and ServiceNow queues.
• Proficiency with Ansible and UDeploy for deployment automation.
• Basic Linux administration and shell scripting knowledge.
• Understanding of network topology and load balancers (F5, AVI).
• Experience troubleshooting Java application server issues.

Responsibilities

• Implement complex infrastructure and middleware upgrades.
• Analyze business, application, and technical infrastructure requirements.
• Design, code, test, debug, and document solutions using Agile practices.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Utilize monitoring tools (Grafana, Splunk) to support operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and meet objectives.
• Handle outage calls, triage issues, and drive resolutions.

Skills

IBM MQ (WebSphere MQ)

IBM Message Broker / ACE / IIB

Kafka

Solace

Linux administration

Shell scripting

Networking basics

Java application server issues

Incident Management (ServiceNow)

Ansible

UDeploy

Monitoring: Grafana

Monitoring: Splunk

Tools

IBM MQ

IBM MQ appliances

Kafka

Solace

Ansible

UDeploy

Grafana

Splunk

ServiceNow

Job description

Outstanding contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer – MQ Middleware Integration in Charlotte, NC, Irving, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Des Moines, IA, Minneapolis, MN or Iselin, NJ (hybrid).
Our client is seeking a Infrastructure Engineer – Middleware Integration to join the Enterprise Middleware Integration team. This team enables the development of critical products that support the Technology organization’s transformation initiatives. The role is responsible for building, engineering, and evangelizing Middleware, Streaming, and Messaging products across the enterprise.
Contract Duration: 12+ Months

schedule: EITHER Sunday - Thursday (Fri and Sat off) OR Tuesday - Saturday (Sun and Mon off)

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing large-scale Middleware Messaging platforms such as:
• IBM MQ (WebSphere MQ)
• IBM Message Broker / ACE / IIB
• Kafka -plus
• Solace- plus
• Strong experience supporting enterprise-level, highly available, mission-critical environments.
• Desired Skills & Experience
• Experience supporting large, enterprise-scale environments
• Experience with IBM MQ Appliance
• Knowledge of compliance and risk management requirements
• Experience supporting key risk initiatives
• IBM MQ experience on Mainframe/Midrange platforms (z/OS, zLinux, AIX)
• Familiarity with Incident Management systems (ServiceNow preferred)
• Experience monitoring alerts, batch failures, and ServiceNow queues
• Experience with Ansible, UDeploy and deployment automation tools
• Strong troubleshooting experience across job failures and batch processing
• Linux administration fundamentals and shell commands
• Basic networking knowledge, including load balancers (F5, AVI)
• Understanding of network topology
• Experience troubleshooting basic Java application server issues

What You Will Be Doing

• Implement complex infrastructure and middleware upgrades
• Analyze business, application, and technical infrastructure requirements
• Design, code, test, debug, and document solutions using Agile development practices
• Design, develop, test, and document complex infrastructure systems and solutions
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational policies and procedures
• Utilize monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Splunk) to support application and operations teams
• Contribute to testing across business, application, and infrastructure layers
• Collaborate with peers, leadership, and cross-functional teams to resolve issues and achieve objectives
• Handle outage calls, triage issues efficiently, and drive resolution

Posted By: Blair Richardson