Message Broker Lead (Remote)

Job Posting Title: Senior Message Broker Lead (Remote)

Description:

Client: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Location: Halifax, CA (Remote)
Travel: No travel. Preferred location is East coast or Midwest

Short Role Description: We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Message Broker Lead to join our team. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in working with various message broker technologies, including IBM MQ Series, Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ)/Queue Manager, and RabbitMQ. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust and scalable message-based architectures to support our complex enterprise applications.

Day to Day Job Duties:

1. Design and implement message-driven architectures using IBM MQ Series, MSMQ/Queue Manager, and RabbitMQ.
2. Perform installation, configuration, and administration of message broker environments, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
3. Develop and maintain custom message broker solutions, including creating and managing queues, topics, exchanges, and other message broker entities.
4. Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to message broker performance, connectivity, and message flow.
5. Implement security measures, such as access control, authentication, and encryption, to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of message data.
6. Monitor and analyze message broker metrics, generating reports and dashboards to proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks.
7. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, system administrators, and business stakeholders, to understand and address message-related requirements.
8. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, sharing best practices and knowledge on message broker technologies.
9. Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, features, and best practices in the message broker domain, and recommend and implement improvements to the existing infrastructure.
10. Participate in the design and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans for the message broker environment.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Minimum 7-10 years of experience in working with message broker technologies, including IBM MQ Series, MSMQ/Queue Manager, and RabbitMQ.
2. Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and managing message-driven architectures and solutions.
3. Hands-on experience in the installation, configuration, and administration of message broker environments.
4. Strong understanding of message broker concepts, such as queues, topics, exchanges, and message routing.
5. Proficiency in programming languages and scripting, such as Java, Python, or PowerShell, for developing custom message broker solutions.
6. Familiarity with enterprise messaging patterns, such as publish-subscribe, request-reply, and dead-letter queues.
7. Experience in implementing security measures, including access control, authentication, and encryption, in message broker environments.
8. Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex message broker-related issues.
9. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have (But not a must):

1. Certifications in any of messaging platforms like IBM MQ Series, MSMQ/Queue Manager, or RabbitMQ administration and development.
2. Experience in integrating message broker solutions with other enterprise systems, such as databases, web services, and middleware.
3. Knowledge of cloud-based message broker services, such as Amazon MQ or Azure Service Bus.
4. Familiarity with Kubernetes and container-based deployment of message broker solutions.
5. Experience in implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans for message broker environments.

Degree: Bachelor’s in computer science or related field.