Middleware Infrastructure Engineer

Akkodis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

PTO/Paid Holidays

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a Middleware Infrastructure Engineer for a fulltime position in New York, NY. The role involves designing, implementing, operating, and supporting the firm’s messaging and middleware platforms to enable seamless communication across trading, back-office, and risk systems.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of enterprise middleware experience, strong Linux administration skills, and hands-on expertise with IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, and Apache Kafka.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience administering enterprise middleware in production.
• Strong hands-on IBM MQ (queue managers, channels, clustering, SSL/TLS, HA).
• Experience with RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka and HA/DR design.
• Linux/Unix system administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, operate, and support enterprise messaging platforms (IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka).
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Support middleware across distributed, hybrid-cloud environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance and security.

Skills

Enterprise middleware

Linux admin

Networking

Security & SSL/TLS

Scripting/Automation

Monitoring/Observability

HA/DR design

TCP/IP

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

IBM MQ

RabbitMQ

Apache Kafka

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk/ELK

Ansible

Terraform

Python/Shell

Job description

Akkodis is seeking a Middleware Infrastructure Engineer for a Fulltime position with a client located in New York, NY.

Salary Range: $140,000 to $170,000/ Year(The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors)

Title: Middleware Infrastructure Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Middleware Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, operate, and support the firm’s enterprise messaging and middleware platforms, including IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, and Apache Kafka, that support communications between internal trading, clearing, settlement, risk, and back-office systems, as well as external financial market infrastructures and service providers.

Required / Core Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of experience administering enterprise middleware or messaging infrastructure in production environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with IBM MQ, including queue managers, channels, clustering, security, SSL/TLS, monitoring, troubleshooting, and high-availability configurations.
• Practical experience with at least one additional messaging platform, preferably RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing high-availability, disaster-recovery, failover, and business‑continuity solutions.
• Strong Linux or Unix system‑administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience supporting middleware across distributed, hybrid‑cloud, or multi‑data‑center environments.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, firewalls, load balancing, certificates, encryption, and secure connectivity.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Shell, Ansible, Terraform, or similar technologies.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience working in a broker‑dealer, clearing firm, bank, exchange, financial technology company, or other regulated financial institution.
• Experience supporting integrations with DTCC, OCC, FIS Loanet, clearing organizations, custodians, or securities‑market infrastructure providers.
• Knowledge of securities trading, clearing, settlement, stock lending, corporate actions, or back‑office processing.
• Experience with IBM MQ multi‑instance queue managers, MQ clustering, replicated data queue managers, or equivalent HA/DR technologies.
• Experience with RabbitMQ clustering, quorum queues, federation, shovel, message acknowledgements, and delivery controls.
• Relevant certifications in IBM MQ, Kafka, AWS, Linux, cloud infrastructure, or cybersecurity are beneficial.

Benefits include but are not limited to:

• 401K
• PTO/Paid Holidays

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