SOLACE Engineer

Location: Local to Chicago is preferred. (hybrid/on-site as required)

Total Years of experience: 8 years+

Years of experience in Solace: 1 - 2 years

Must have a technology stack:

Solace Messaging

Cloud (AWS is preferred)

Scripting using Korn Shell Scripts, Perl, etc.

Nice to have a technology stack:

TIBCO, IBM MQ, and IBM ACE

EKS/Kubernetes/OpenShift

AWS certifications on DevOps / SysOps / Architect track preferred.

Roles and responsibilities:

· The qualified candidate will perform engineering, configuration and other administration activities for Solace messaging. The candidate will work as a part of the Middleware Engineering team and need have willingness to learn & support IBM MQ and IBM ACE.

· This candidate will be required to work well in a team environment. He/she must possess excellent communication skills and should be able to work in a collaborative environment with ease.

· Architect and deploy messaging infrastructure using Solace PubSub+ / Advanced Event Mesh across cloud environments

· Define and implement event-driven strategies, leveraging Solace features like event mesh, topic hierarchies, and dynamic routing.

· Configure Solace components such as brokers, VPNs, queues, topics, and client connections for optimal performance.

· Ensure robust security, access control, and monitoring of Solace environments.

· Collaborate with development teams to integrate Solace with microservices, APIs, and external platforms (Kafka, JMS, MQTT, etc.)

· Troubleshoot complex messaging issues including latency, throughput, and durability concerns.

· Automate setup and monitoring processes using tools like Terraform, Ansible etc.

· Advise on best practices for event modeling, governance, and topic taxonomy.

· Support enablement activities such as training and knowledge transfer for internal engineering and DevOps teams.

· Provide level 3 support including incident resolution and root cause analysis.

· Strong knowledge of scripting using Korn Shell Scripts, Perl etc.

· Platform RedHat Linux.

· Research on product capabilities and conduct POCs for new products/features.

· Quick learner of new technology and guidelines with flexible, positive attitude and team player with independent decision making