Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Middleware Integration

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

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking an experienced Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Middleware Integration for a hybrid role across Charlotte, NC and multiple locations. You will lead middleware upgrades, analyze requirements, and design scalable solutions within an enterprise middleware environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement automation, monitor systems with Grafana/Splunk, and ensure high availability for mission-critical platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Integration Middleware (IBM MQ, IBM Message Broker/ACE/IIB, Kafka, Solace).
• IBM MQ Administration including build, installation, configuration, patching, compliance, and troubleshooting.
• Experienced with delivering enterprise-scale middleware and messaging solutions.
• Strong IBM MQ expertise, systems administration, automation, incident management, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong experience supporting enterprise-level, highly available environments.
• Experience with MQ monitoring tools (e.g., IR360).

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement complex infrastructure and middleware upgrades.
• Analyze business, application, and technical infrastructure requirements.
• Design, code, test, debug, and document solutions using Agile practices.
• Lead and contribute to high-level technical initiatives spanning technology and business.
• Design, develop, test, and document complex infrastructure systems and solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational policies, and procedures.
• Utilize monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Splunk) to support teams.
• Collaborate with peers and cross-functional teams to resolve issues and achieve objectives.
• Handle outage calls, triage issues efficiently, and drive resolution.

Skills

Technology Infrastructure Engineering

Integration Middleware

IBM MQ

IBM Message Broker / ACE / IIB

Kafka

Solace

MQ Administration

MQ Monitoring (IR360)

Automation

Incident Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Systems Administration

Enterprise-scale Solutions

Ansible

UDeploy

Grafana

Splunk

ServiceNow

MQ Appliance

Tools

Ansible

UDeploy

Grafana

Splunk

ServiceNow

MQ Appliance

Job description

Outstanding contract opportunity! A well‑known Financial Services Company is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer – Middleware Integration in Charlotte, NC, Irving, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Des Moines, IA, Minneapolis, MN or Iselin, NJ (hybrid).

Ourclient is seeking a Lead 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

• 7+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience (or equivalent combination of experience, education, training, or military service)
• 4+ years of hands‑on, large‑scale experience with Integration Middleware, including:
  • IBM MQ (WebSphere MQ)
  • IBM Message Broker / ACE / IIB
  • Kafka
  • Solace
• IBM MQ Administration, including:
  • Build, installation, configuration, patching, compliance, and troubleshooting
  • MQ Queue Manager configuration and MQ Cluster troubleshooting
  • Creation and maintenance of MQ objects (Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Listeners, Topics)
• Experienced with delivering enterprise‑scale technology solutions across Middleware and Messaging platforms.
• Strong expertise in IBM MQ ecosystems, systems administration, automation, incident management, and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Strong experience supporting enterprise‑level, highly available, mission‑critical environments.
• Experience with MQ monitoring tools (e.g., IR360)

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

• Lead and implement complex infrastructure and middleware upgrades
• Analyze business, application, and technical infrastructure requirements
• Design, code, test, debug, and document solutions using Agile development practices
• Lead and contribute to high‑level technical initiatives spanning both technology and business
• 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
• Direct daily risk and control processes with a focus on compliance, policies, and procedures
• Develop long‑term remediation strategies to resolve recurring issues
• Collaborate with peers, leadership, and cross‑functional teams to resolve issues and achieve objectives
• Handle outage calls, triage issues efficiently, and drive resolution