DevOps Engineer - Middleware/Messaging Focus

About the role

The Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer provides middleware messaging engineering, administration and system support for new and existing production RabbitMQ and Kafka environments. This includes tasks such as software installation, patch installation, upgrades, object definition, configuration, security, system monitoring and tuning, disaster recovery planning, automation implementation and backup and recovery.

The role requires working independently on day-to-day monitoring and operations of cloud and legacy applications, as well as developing automation using AI-assisted engineering practices. The goal is to 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
• Leverage AI-powered development and operational tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and incident resolution
• 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

Requirements

• 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
• 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

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in applying Generative AI /Agentic AI to infrastructure operations, platform engineering, or software development workflows
• 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

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans. The company also offers an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program, as well as a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan) and a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars, and offers certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.