Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer

Life in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Pittsburgh Tomorrow is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build, and support enterprise messaging and streaming platforms. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and automation within a global Agile team.

You will handle installations, DR/BC planning, monitoring, and performance tuning while collaborating with development teams to improve service delivery across a distributed system landscape.

Qualifications

6+ years of experience in enterprise messaging or platform engineering.
Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

Design, build, administer, and support enterprise-scale messaging and streaming platforms.
Perform software installations, upgrades, patching, and configuration management.
Develop and maintain disaster recovery, backup, and recovery solutions.
Monitor platform health and ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
Implement security standards and best practices across messaging platforms.
Support application development teams and resolve platform-related issues.
Troubleshoot performance, scalability, and stability issues involving Kafka producers and consumers.
Identify opportunities for automation and operational efficiency.
Utilize AI-assisted engineering and operational practices to improve service delivery.
Work collaboratively within a global Agile team environment.

Skills

Distributed Systems Architecture

Enterprise Platform Engineering

Agile Delivery

AI-Assisted Operations

Performance Tuning and Optimization

Disaster Recovery and Backup

Application Team Support

6+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

Linux Administration

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

Dynatrace

Kubernetes

Docker

IBM MQ

ActiveMQ

Apache Flink

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, administer, and support enterprise-scale messaging and streaming platforms.
Perform software installations, upgrades, patching, and configuration management.
Develop and maintain disaster recovery, backup, and recovery solutions.
Monitor platform health and ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
Implement security standards and best practices across messaging platforms.
Support application development teams and resolve platform-related issues.
Troubleshoot performance, scalability, and stability issues involving Kafka producers and consumers.
Identify opportunities for automation and operational efficiency.
Utilize AI-assisted engineering and operational practices to improve service delivery.
Work collaboratively within a global Agile team environment.

Required Qualifications