Job Description
• **We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full-time role***
• **Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote***
A prestigious company is looking for a Manager of Middleware Engineering. This individual will manage over a team of 6 focused on engineering/production support of Kafka and MQ.
Responsibilities:
• Manage the team that will install, configure and maintain 3rd party software components classified as middleware on multiple operating system platforms.
• Manage the team that will advise on design and assist with development of applications using these tools.
• Configure production, development and testing environments and ensure the availability of these application services.
• Oversee the team's efforts to write complex automation scripts using common automation tools, such as Jenkins and Ansible
• Provide performance tuning of components and services.
• Design disaster recovery solutions for middleware technologies to comply with business continuity objectives.
• Ensure the team can resolve configuration related problems.
• Ensure the team and resolve complex support issues in both production and non-production environments.
• Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to middleware products.
• Lead high complex projects.
• Properly secure middleware technologies
• Advice on industry best practices as it relates to new product selection.
• Manage day-to-day activities of the middleware staff.
• Manage a team.
Qualifications:
• At least 7 years of relevant experience including people management experience
• Systems administration and change management practices.
• Kafka
• MQ
• J2EE application services
• Message-oriented middleware.
• Scripting and coding.
• Network technologies
• CI/CD tools.
• Cloud native applications.
• Technologies used to support microservices.
• File transfer protocols including SFTP.
• Encryption technologies (SSL/TLS, PKI Infrastructure management)
• Security controls as applied to software technologies.
• **Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote***
A prestigious company is looking for a Manager of Middleware Engineering. This individual will manage over a team of 6 focused on engineering/production support of Kafka and MQ.
Responsibilities:
• Manage the team that will install, configure and maintain 3rd party software components classified as middleware on multiple operating system platforms.
• Manage the team that will advise on design and assist with development of applications using these tools.
• Configure production, development and testing environments and ensure the availability of these application services.
• Oversee the team's efforts to write complex automation scripts using common automation tools, such as Jenkins and Ansible
• Provide performance tuning of components and services.
• Design disaster recovery solutions for middleware technologies to comply with business continuity objectives.
• Ensure the team can resolve configuration related problems.
• Ensure the team and resolve complex support issues in both production and non-production environments.
• Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to middleware products.
• Lead high complex projects.
• Properly secure middleware technologies
• Advice on industry best practices as it relates to new product selection.
• Manage day-to-day activities of the middleware staff.
• Manage a team.
Qualifications:
• At least 7 years of relevant experience including people management experience
• Systems administration and change management practices.
• Kafka
• MQ
• J2EE application services
• Message-oriented middleware.
• Scripting and coding.
• Network technologies
• CI/CD tools.
• Cloud native applications.
• Technologies used to support microservices.
• File transfer protocols including SFTP.
• Encryption technologies (SSL/TLS, PKI Infrastructure management)
• Security controls as applied to software technologies.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Manager Middleware Engineering (Kafka, MQ) position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Chicago offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
