Senior Kafka & RabbitMQ Messaging Platform Engineer

Rose International; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose International is seeking a Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer to provide middleware messaging engineering, administration and production support for RabbitMQ and Kafka environments in Round Rock, Texas. The role emphasizes performance tuning, disaster recovery, security and automation, with AI-assisted tooling to accelerate incident resolution.

The ideal candidate has 6–12 years of middleware experience, strong Kafka/RabbitMQ expertise, and hands-on skills with

Qualifications

• 6 to 12 years of experience in middleware Kafka messaging, application platforms management and distributed architecture/solutions.
• Strong proven experience in managing RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale enterprise distributed systems.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace.
• Deep and extensive knowledge in configuration, troubleshooting, optimization of Kafka / RabbitMQ.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support enterprise large-scale distributed Messaging platforms, including software installation, patch installation, upgrading software, disaster recovery planning, backup and recovery.
• Identify and implement best practices to support a highly available platform
• Implement and enforce security practices for enterprise messaging platforms
• Provide Operational support for platform issues to application development teams
• Address performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumers
• Work in an agile global team setting
• Leverage AI-powered development and operational tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and incident resolution.

Skills

Kafka messaging

RabbitMQ

Distributed architecture

Monitoring tools

Kafka/RabbitMQ optimization

AI-assisted observability

Kubernetes

Docker

IBM MQ

Active MQ

Apache Flink

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

IBM MQ

Active MQ

Apache Flink

Job description

***Only qualified Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer candidates located near Round Rock, TX are to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence ***

Preferred Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Required Skills, Experience & Abilities

• 6 to 12 years of experience in middleware Kafka messaging, application platforms management and distributed architecture/solutions
• Strong proven experience in managing RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale enterprise distributed systems
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace
• Deep and extensive knowledge in configuration, troubleshooting, optimization of Kafka / RabbitMQ

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with AI-assisted observability, incident management, operational analytics, or intelligent automation solutions.
• Proven expertise in Kubernetes Container Orchestration and Docker Containers.
• Experience in messaging / streaming platforms like IBM MQ, Active MQ, Apache Flink etc.

Role

The Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer provides middleware messaging engineering, administration and system support for new and existing production RabbitMQ and Kafka environments, including performance of the following tasks: Software installation, patch installation, upgrades, object definition, configuration, security, system monitoring and tuning, disaster recovery planning, automation implementation and backup and recovery. Work independently on day-to-day monitoring and operations of cloud and legacy applications. You will be required to develop automation using AI-assisted engineering practices. Identify opportunities to leverage AI and intelligent automation to reduce manual operational effort and accelerate service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support enterprise large-scale distributed Messaging platforms, including software installation, patch installation, upgrading software, disaster, recovery planning, backup and recovery.
• Identify and implement best practices to support a highly available platform
• Implement and enforce security practices for enterprise messaging platforms
• Provide Operational support for platform issues to application development teams
• Address performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumers.
• Work in an agile global team setting
• Leverage AI-powered development and operational tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and incident resolution.
• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.

About Rose

• Founded in 1993
• Office Locations Across the U.S.
• 150+ Clients: Corporations and Government Agencies
• Employee Oriented Company
• Challenging Assignments Across the U.S.
• Continuous Professional Development

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