Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer

About the role

Seeking a Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer to provide middleware messaging engineering, administration and system support for new and existing production RabbitMQ and Kafka environments. You will work independently on day-to-day monitoring and operations of cloud and legacy applications, developing automation using AI-assisted engineering practices, and identifying 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
• 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

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 6-12 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
• 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
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace
• Must be located near Round Rock, TX due to onsite requirement

Skills

• 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.

Pay

• Min Hourly Rate: $60.00
• Max Hourly Rate: $65.00

Schedule

• Standard working hours
• Onsite position