Middleware Platform Engineer

Job Description

• The Enterprise Middleware Engineer is responsible for the reliability, security, and performance of enterprise integration and messaging platforms, including Go Anywhere MFT, AWS Elastic ache, AWS MSK (Kafka), and IBM MQ. This role owns platform operations (build, run, and support), automation, incident/problem management, capacity planning, and works closely with application, infrastructure, and security teams to enable secure data movement and event-driven integration at scale.

• What You'll Do
• Administer, configure, and support Go Anywhere MFT (workflows, secure file transfers, keys/certs, user/partner onboarding, scheduling, auditing).
• Operate and maintain AWS MSK (Kafka) clusters (brokers, topics, partitions, replication, retention policies, upgrades/patching, client connectivity).
• Administer IBM MQ environments (Queue Managers, channels, queues, clustering, SSL/TLS, HA/DR, monitoring, performance tuning).
• Manage AWS Elastic ache (Redis/Memcached) including scaling, failover, backups/snapshots, parameter tuning, and performance optimization.
• Ensure high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery readiness (RTO/RPO alignment, failover tests, runbooks).
• Work with application teams on integration patterns, client configuration, connectivity troubleshooting, and best practices.
• Coordinate with InfoSec, Networking, and Cloud Platform teams on secure network paths (VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs, private endpoints).
• Implement and maintain TLS/mTLS, certificate lifecycle management, encryption standards, secrets management, and secure authentication/authorization.
• Support compliance requirements (audit logging, access reviews, change control, least privilege).
• Partner onboarding/offboarding for MFT and secure integration endpoints

• What We're Looking For
• 7+ years’ experience in middleware/integration/platform engineering roles supporting production systems.
• Hands-on administration experience (3 - 5 Years) with at least two of the following: Kafka (AWS MSK), Go Anywhere MFT, AWS Elastic ache (Redis/Memcached), IBM MQ
• Strong understanding of messaging/integration concepts: queues/topics, pub-sub, delivery semantics, ordering, retries, dead-letter handling, and back-pressure.
• 3 - 5 Years of experience with Linux administration, networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS, firewalls, ports), and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Working knowledge of AWS core services and constructs: VPC, IAM, EC2, CloudWatch, security groups, KMS, Secrets Manager/Parameter Store.
• Production support experience including incident management, RCA, and change/release processes.
• Scripting/automation skills (Python/Shell) and familiarity with IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Excellent documentation and communication skills; ability to work cross-functionally

• Preferred Qualifications
• Deep expertise in one or more platforms:
• IBM MQ: MQ clustering, multi-instance QM, AMS, advanced channel auth records (CHLAUTH), TLS mutual auth.
• Kafka/MSK: broker sizing, partitioning strategy, consumer lag tuning, ACLs/SASL, schema registry patterns, Mirror Maker/replication.
• Go Anywhere MFT: advanced workflows, API integration, PGP automation, partner lifecycle management, compliance auditing.
• Elastic ache Redis: clustering/sharding, replication groups, persistence strategy (AOF/RDB), latency tuning.
• Experience implementing DR strategies and performing resiliency testing (game days / failover drills).
• Certifications (nice-to-have): AWS Certified Sy sops/DevOps, IBM MQ certification, Confluent/Kafka training, security fundamentals.