The Role
Design, deploy, and administer Solace messaging infrastructure across cloud environments. Implement event-driven strategies, configure brokers/VPNs/queues, secure and monitor environments, integrate with microservices and external platforms, automate with Terraform/Ansible, troubleshoot messaging performance, provide L3 support, and enable internal teams via training and POCs.
Summary Generated by Built In
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
Skills Required
- Total experience: 8+ years
- Experience in Solace: 1-2 years
- Solace Messaging / Solace PubSub+ / Advanced Event Mesh expertise
- Cloud experience (AWS preferred)
- Scripting: Korn Shell (ksh), Perl
- Platform: RedHat Linux
- Automation tooling: Terraform, Ansible
- Integration experience with Kafka, JMS, MQTT
- Provide Level 3 support, incident resolution, and root cause analysis
- TIBCO, IBM MQ, IBM ACE
- EKS / Kubernetes / OpenShift
- AWS certifications (DevOps / SysOps / Architect)
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
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The Company
What We Do
Sputnik Solutions Inc is a partner for IT excellence, providing customized, high-quality IT staffing, development, support, and managed services. The company builds its solutions on the collective experience, customer successes, and best practices of its technology experts, serving as an innovative provider of information technology and outsourcing services based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
