Messaging Engineer

Key Responsibilities Design, implement, maintain, and support messaging infrastructure for real-time data exchange.

Deploy and manage distributed messaging platforms, including Apache Kafka.

Define and manage message topics, channels, and data schemas.

Configure and optimize messaging systems for high throughput, low latency, and reliability.

Monitor messaging platforms and troubleshoot issues related to throughput, lag, errors, and message delivery.

Work with development teams to integrate applications with messaging platforms.

Support producer and consumer performance tuning.

Manage messaging system configurations, including partitioning, replication, retention, and consumer groups.

Support continuous improvement of messaging infrastructure and operational processes.

Minimum Qualifications Minimum 5 years of total IT experience , including at least 2 years of relevant experience in Messaging Engineering .

Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka in a production environment.

Experience with message-oriented middleware and streaming platforms.

Experience with Kafka topics, partitioning, replication, broker configuration, consumer groups, and offset management.

Experience designing real-time data pipelines using pub/sub patterns.

Strong programming skills in Java, Scala, or Python .

Experience troubleshooting and optimizing messaging systems for performance and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications Experience with messaging technologies such as MQTT, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, or Apache Pulsar .

Experience in industrial or IoT environments.

Knowledge of Avro, Protocol Buffers, or Schema Registry .

Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana .

Knowledge of event-driven architecture and microservices.

Experience working with MES, databases, analytics platforms, or enterprise IT systems.

EA Number: 11C4879