Middleware Engineer (IBM MQ & Kafka – Development & Support) Onshore

Role: Middleware Engineer (IBM MQ & Kafka – Development & Support) Overview We are looking for a Middleware Engineer with strong expertise in IBM MQ and Apache Kafka to support and enhance enterprise messaging platforms. The role involves development, integration, production support, and performance optimization for real-time and asynchronous messaging systems. Role: Middleware Engineer (IBM MQ & Kafka – Development & Support) Overview We are looking for a Middleware Engineer with strong expertise in IBM MQ and Apache Kafka to support and enhance enterprise messaging platforms. The role involves development, integration, production support, and performance optimization for real-time and asynchronous messaging systems. ### Responsibilities **Key Responsibilities** **Messaging Platform Management** - Administer and support: - **IBM MQ (Queue Managers, Channels, Queues)** - **Apache Kafka (Topics, Brokers, Partitions, Clusters)** - Configure and manage **message routing, transformation, and integration flows** - Handle **queue/topic setup, retention policies, and message persistence** **Development & Integration** - Develop and maintain **message producers/consumers using MQ and Kafka** - Build integration solutions using: - **Java / Spring Boot / Kafka Streams / MQ APIs** - Implement **event-driven and asynchronous architectures** - Design and manage **data streaming pipelines** * * * **Production Support** - Provide **L2/L3 support** for messaging platforms and integrations - Monitor queue depth, lag, consumer health, and throughput - Perform **incident management, RCA, and problem resolution** - Ensure **high availability, failover, and disaster recovery readiness** * * * **Performance & Optimization** - Optimize: - **Message throughput and latency** - Kafka partitioning and consumer groups - MQ queue performance and channel configurations - Conduct **capacity planning and scaling strategies** * * * **Automation & DevOps** - Build automation scripts using: - **Shell / Python / Ansible** - Integrate messaging platforms with: - **CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins)** - Support **infrastructure automation and configuration management** * * * **Security & Compliance** - Manage: - **MQ security (SSL/TLS, authentication, authorization)** - **Kafka security (SASL, ACLs, encryption)** - Ensure compliance with **enterprise security standards** * * * **Collaboration** - Work with: - **Application teams, DevOps, and infrastructure teams** - Support **application onboarding onto MQ/Kafka platforms** Participate in **release management and deployments** * * * ### Qualifications **Required Skills & Experience** **Core Technical Skills** - Strong hands-on experience in: - **IBM MQ Administration & Development** - **Apache Kafka (cluster setup, topic management, troubleshooting)** - Expertise in: - **Messaging patterns (Pub/Sub, Point-to-Point, Event Streaming)** * * * **Development Skills** - Experience with: - **Kafka Streams / Kafka Connect** - **IBM MQ APIs** * * * **Support & Monitoring** - Monitoring tools: - **Dynatrace / Splunk / Prometheus / Grafana** * * * **DevOps & Automation** - Knowledge of: - **CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins)** - **Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes – good to have)** * * * **Cloud Exposure (Preferred)** - Experience with: - **Azure Event Hubs / AWS MSK (Kafka equivalents)** - Hybrid or cloud-native messaging architectures * * * **Soft Skills** - Strong **analytical and troubleshooting abilities** - **Proactive operational mindset** - Effective **communication with cross-functional teams** - Ability to work in **high-pressure production environments** * * * **Experience** - **10+ years** in Middleware / Messaging platforms - Experience in **BFSI domain** (preferred) ### About the Company At Zensar, we’re *“experience-led everything”*. We are committed to conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing, and managing digital solutions and experiences for over 130 leading enterprises. We are a company…