Senior 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 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.