Senior Messaging & Streaming Platform Engineer

Dell Technologies Inc.; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 123,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies in Round Rock, Texas is seeking a Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer to drive enterprise messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and automation. You’ll work on large-scale distributed systems, implement AI-assisted tooling, and ensure security, reliability, and performance across cloud and legacy environments.

The role requires 6–12 years in middleware messaging, strong Linux experience, and hands-on use of monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• 6 to 12 years of middleware Kafka messaging, application platforms management and distributed architecture/solutions.
• Strong proven experience in managing RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale enterprise distributed systems.
• 2+ years of hands-on Linux experience.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace.
• Deep and extensive knowledge in configuration, troubleshooting, optimization of Kafka / RabbitMQ.
• Proficiency with Python, shell scripts, & configuration management tools, preferably Ansible.
• Practical experience using AI-powered development and engineering tools and solutions to improve development and operational productivity.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support enterprise large-scale distributed Messaging platforms, including software installation, patch installation, upgrading software, disaster, recovery planning, backup and recovery.
• Leverage AI-powered development and operational tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and incident resolution.
• 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.

Skills

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Linux

Python

Shell scripting

Ansible

AI-powered tooling

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

Dynatrace

Kubernetes

Docker

IBM MQ

ActiveMQ

Apache Flink

Job description

Dell Technologies in Round Rock, Texas is seeking a Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer to drive enterprise messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and automation. You’ll work on large-scale distributed systems, implement AI-assisted tooling, and ensure security, reliability, and performance across cloud and legacy environments.

The role requires 6–12 years in middleware messaging, strong Linux experience, and hands-on use of monitoring tools.