Middleware Infrastructure Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of experience administering enterprise middleware or messaging infrastructure in production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ, including queue managers, channels, clustering, security, SSL/TLS, monitoring, troubleshooting, and high-availability configurations.
• Practical experience with at least one additional messaging platform, preferably RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing high-availability, disaster-recovery, failover, and business-continuity solutions.
• Strong Linux or Unix system-administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience supporting middleware across distributed, hybrid-cloud, or multi-data-center environments.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, firewalls, load balancing, certificates, encryption, and secure connectivity.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Shell, Ansible, Terraform, or similar technologies.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience working in a broker-dealer, clearing firm, bank, exchange, financial technology company, or other regulated financial institution.
• Experience supporting integrations with DTCC, OCC, FIS Loanet, clearing organizations, custodians, or securities-market infrastructure providers.
• Knowledge of securities trading, clearing, settlement, stock lending, corporate actions, or back-office processing.
• Experience with IBM MQ multi-instance queue managers, MQ clustering, replicated data queue managers, or equivalent HA/DR technologies.
• Experience with RabbitMQ clustering, quorum queues, federation, shovel, message acknowledgments, and delivery controls.
• Relevant certifications in IBM MQ, Kafka, AWS, Linux, cloud infrastructure, or cybersecurity are beneficial.

Salary Range: $140,000 to $170,000/ Year(The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors), * Medical/Dental/Vision

• 401K
• PTO/Paid Holidays

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Akkodis is seeking a Middleware Infrastructure Engineer for a Fulltime position with a client located in New York, NY.