Sr Platform Engineering Analyst

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled technologist to fill a Sr. Platform Engineering Analyst position in the Middleware Architecture team. The role involves leading the design, engineering, and modernization of enterprise messaging and streaming infrastructure. Key responsibilities include developing high-performance Java-based messaging tools, architecting and automating CI/CD deployment pipelines, setting up and managing scalable messaging and streaming environments in GCP, and migrating legacy JMS workloads to modern scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Developing, engineering, and maintaining high-performance Java based messaging tools to support and optimize the Messaging and Streaming Infrastructure.
• Architecting and automating CI/CD deployment pipelines for messaging tools while leveraging Ansible for operational tasks.
• Setting up, configuring, and managing highly scalable messaging and streaming environments within GCP using Terraform and Ansible.
• Migrating existing legacy Java Message Service (JMS) workloads and configurations to modern scalable solutions primarily using Google Pub/Sub and Apache Kafka (or commercially supported implementations from Confluent).

Requirements

• Strong experience designing and supporting enterprise messaging and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Confluent Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Java Message Service (JMS), Cloud Software Group (formerly TIBCO) Enterprise Message Service (preferred).
• Strong Java/J2EE development experience, Spring Boot framework, RESTful API development, Microservices architecture, JSON, XML, SOAP, and WSDL.
• Knowledge of Event-Driven Architecture design patterns, Cloud-native applications, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), Terraform (Infrastructure as Code), Ansible automation, CI/CD pipeline development, GitHub, Jenkins.
• Familiarity with SQL and JDBC, NoSQL databases (DataStax/Cassandra preferred), OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Okta (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex enterprise technical initiatives, define enterprise messaging architecture and engineering standards, collaborate with various stakeholders, and communicate complex technical concepts.
• Experience as a member of multi-functional project teams, strong oral and written communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree/equivalent in computer science, engineering, or information systems and/or equivalent formal training or work experience.
• Three to four (3-4) years’ work experience in Platform Engineering or related field.
• Familiarity with conducting end-to end analyses, including data gathering and requirements specification, processing, analysis, and presentations.
• General understanding of the industry, competitors, and evolving technologies.
• Experience as a member of multi-functional project teams.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Skills

• Enterprise Messaging Platform Architecture
• Cloud-native messaging and event streaming platforms
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Enterprise automation using Ansible
• Reliability Engineering and Software Engineering best practices
• Enterprise modernization initiatives
• Distributed systems architecture
• High availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery design
• Performance engineering for messaging platforms
• Technical leadership across multiple Scrum teams
• Agile, Scrum, and SAFe methodologies

Benefits

Compensation range: $7,094.23/mo - $15,607.31/mo, depending on location.

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Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.