Job Summary:
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Solace Messaging Administrator to join our Messaging team. You will be responsible for managing and supporting our enterprise messaging infrastructure built on Solace PubSub+, ensuring high availability, optimal performance, and reliability across production and non-production environments. This includes working on incident response, capacity planning, WAN optimization, and system observability using tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
Key Responsibilities:
* Administer and maintain Solace PubSub+ appliances and software brokers across environments (on-prem and cloud).
* Provide production support for messaging-related incidents, including root cause analysis and resolution.
* Monitor system performance and health using Prometheus and Grafana; proactively identify and address anomalies.
* Configure and optimize Solace across WAN environments, ensuring low-latency, secure, and reliable messaging.
* Collaborate with development and application support teams to troubleshoot message flow issues and integration problems.
* Perform capacity planning, scaling, and tuning of Solace infrastructure to meet current and future demand.
* Automate routine maintenance tasks and support continuous improvement of operational processes.
* Implement and maintain monitoring alerts, dashboards, and metrics to ensure visibility into the messaging layer.
* Ensure compliance with security policies and participate in audits and vulnerability remediation.
* Maintain accurate documentation, including topology diagrams, runbooks, and configuration baselines.
* Support proprietary messaging APIs using C++, Java, Python, and C# programming languages.
* Provide support for proprietary cache and gateways that integrate applications with the messaging service.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
* 3+ years of experience administering Solace PubSub+ messaging systems.
* Strong background in production support, preferably in a 24x7 enterprise environment.
* Experience working with distributed systems over WAN, with an understanding of networking, latency, and failover strategies.
* Solid experience with Prometheus and Grafana for system monitoring and alerting.
* Proficiency in troubleshooting message delivery, persistence, and topic routing.
* Experience with capacity management, performance tuning, and system scaling.
* Familiarity with Linux/Unix systems and scripting (Bash, Python, etc.).
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to Have:
* Experience with containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes).
* Exposure to other messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQ).
* Understanding of DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines.
* Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native Solace deployments.
Why Join Us?
* Join a multi-discipline team, delivering advanced Messaging APIs, developing tools, administering, supporting low latency, high throughput messaging system for prices, orders, trades, and mission critical applications.
* Exciting opportunity to work with a wide array of technologies.
* Chance to further develop your programming skills while administering and supporting one of the most advanced messaging systems available in the market.