Messaging Services Lead

Job Description
We are seeking a Technology Services Lead – Messaging Services to drive middleware remediation, modernization, and platform security across enterprise messaging environments.
This role blends:
• Hands-on engineering (IBM MQ + Kafka)
• Architecture & platform design
• Leadership of large-scale upgrade and remediation programs
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Key Responsibilities
• Lead migration, upgrade, and decommissioning of legacy messaging platforms (IBM MQ, brokers, legacy tools)
• Own and optimize IBM MQ infrastructure (queue managers, clustering, channels, security)
• Support and expand Kafka / Confluent adoption for event streaming and real-time pipelines
• Design scalable, resilient messaging architectures (point-to-point, pub/sub, event-driven)
• Drive platform security hardening (TLS, certificates, channel auth, vulnerability remediation)
• Partner with application teams on:
o Message flow design
o Performa...