<p>Must Have Technical/Functional Skills</p> <ul> <li>IBM MQ and Confluent Kafka build and operational experience in production environments. </li><li>Strong DevOps background: CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows. </li><li>Proficiency in Linux, Bash/Python scripting, and automation tools. </li><li>Experience with OpenShift (OCP) deployments and containerized middleware. </li><li>Knowledge of AWS services for hosting and integrating messaging platforms. </li><li>Security protocols: TLS/mTLS, SASL/OAUTH; observability stacks. </li></ul> <p>Roles & Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Build and maintain IBM MQ (queue managers, channels, clustering, security) </li><li>Confluent Kafka (brokers, topics, ACLs, Connect, Schema Registry) </li><li>Deploy and manage Kafka and MQ on OpenShift (OCP) and/or AWS </li><li>containerization and operator-based deployments </li><li>Automate platform provisioning and configuration using CI/CD pipelines, scripting (Bash/Python), </li><li>and Ansible playbooks </li><li>Ensure security (TLS/mTLS, SASL/OAUTH), high availability, and disaster recovery for messaging platforms </li><li>Implement monitoring/alerting and troubleshoot performance issues </li><li>Collaborate with application teams on event-driven architecture and best practices </li></ul> <p>Generic Managerial Skills, If any</p> <p>Preferred Skills</p> <ul> <li>Ansible Automation Platform playbook development. </li><li>Event-driven architecture patterns and governance. </li><li>Disaster recovery and multi-region Kafka replication strategies </li></ul> <p>Salary Range: $110,000 to $125,000 per year</p>