Senior Messaging Platform SRE; Kafka & RabbitMQ

Full-Time

JPC - 19858

Senior Messaging Platform SRE (Kafka & Rabbit

MQ)

Solugenix is seeking a skilled Senior Messaging Platform SRE (Kafka & Rabbit

MQ) for a full-time, hybrid position based in Irvine, CA/San Antonio, TX.

We are seeking a Senior Messaging Platform SRE to own the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of enterprise messaging and event-streaming platforms, including Confluent Kafka and Rabbit

MQ, running on AWS and the Confluent Platform. This role is focused on platform operations, SRE practices, and infrastructure engineering—ensuring these platforms meet strict SLAs/SLOs for availability, latency, durability, and security. The engineer will be part of the Operations team and will be a single point of contact for Kafka and Rabbit MQ issues.

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Operations.
• 3+ years operating Confluent Kafka in production at scale.
• 2+ years operating Rabbit
  
  MQ in high-availability, distributed environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS‑based deployments (MSK, EC2, EBS, ALB/NLB, IAM).
• Deep knowledge of Kafka internals (brokers, partitions, ISR, replication, rebalancing).
• Strong operational understanding of Rabbit
  
  MQ internals (clustering, mirroring/quorum queues, flow control).
• Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS) for platform workloads and supporting microservices.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code experience using Terraform and Helm.
• Advanced experience with monitoring, alerting, and logging platforms (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

• Own the end‑to‑end reliability of Kafka and Rabbit
  
  MQ platforms, including uptime, performance, capacity, and fault tolerance.
• Define and track SLOs, and operational KPIs for messaging platforms.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post‑incident reviews for Kafka and Rabbit
  
  MQ outages.
• Operate and maintain Confluent Kafka, and Rabbit
  
  MQ clusters.
• Standardize operational runbooks for cluster lifecycle management, broker/node failures, rebalancing, and disaster recovery.
• Act as the primary escalation point for Kafka and Rabbit
  
  MQ production issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence platform‑wide SRE best practices.
• Partner with architecture, security, and application teams to evolve the messaging platform roadmap.

Pay Range for CA, CO, IL, NJ, NY, WA, and DC: $65/hour to $70/hour. Starting rate of pay offered may vary depending on factors including but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.

Solugenix will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and Ordinance. Applicants do not need to disclose their criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if we are concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, applicants will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

Our client is an American financial services company. It ranks among the world's oldest and largest investment management organizations. They have offices globally.

Solugenix is a leader in IT services, delivering cutting‑edge technology solutions, exceptional talent, and managed services to global enterprises. With extensive expertise in highly regulated and complex industries, we are a trusted partner for integrating advanced technologies with streamlined processes. Our solutions drive growth, foster innovation, and ensure compliance—providing clients with reliability and a strong competitive edge.

Recognized as a 2024 Top Workplace, Solugenix is proud of its inclusive culture and unwavering commitment to excellence. Our recent expansion, with new offices in the Dominican Republic, Jakarta, and the Philippines, underscores our growing global presence and ability to offer world‑class technology solutions. Partnering with Solugenix means more than just business—it means having a dedicated ally focused on your success in today’s fast‑evolving digital world.