Senior RabbitMQ Engineer / SME

Role Summary We need a Senior RabbitMQ Engineer (SME), located in USA (eastern side preferred) to support one of our customers. This is a hands-on, staff-augmentation role that combines architecture, technical leadership, and execution. The resource will act as the single-threaded RabbitMQ authority assessing the current platform, stabilizing it quickly, and guiding the customer toward a supported, resilient RabbitMQ posture in Azure (VMs and/or AKS). The engagement would be for 6 months. Primary outcome: Stabilize RabbitMQ by April / early May and deliver a clear modernization recommendation (AKS vs VM-based vs SaaS) with a practical execution path. Engagement Context

+ Customer is targeting Azure (directionally aligned, not fully confirmed)

+ RabbitMQ supports multiple product teams; each team owns its vhosts/tenants

+ Platform has tech debt (notably DR process not functioning as expected)

+ Current deployment includes 3-node clusters ...