Messaging System Engineer (Contract)

• Design, implement, and maintain the messaging infrastructure that supports real-time data exchange between factory automation systems, the MES, and enterprise IT platforms.

• Deploy, configure, and manage distributed message brokers (e.g., Apache Kafka clusters or MQTT-based systems) to enable streaming communication from shop-floor equipment and sensors to cloud or on-premise applications.

• Define and manage message topics, channels, and data schemas to ensure a consistent structure for events such as equipment status updates, test results, and alarm notifications.

• Optimize the messaging architecture for low latency, high throughput, and high reliability, ensuring critical events are delivered instantly without data loss or duplication.

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for the messaging pipeline by tracking metrics such as throughput, consumer lag, and error rates.

• Diagnose and resolve issues affecting message flow, broker health, or system performance.

• Collaborate with application developers to integrate systems with the messaging platform and support performance tuning for producers and consumers to meet factory throughput requirements.

Requirements:

• 5-10 years of relevant experience.

• Strong expertise in message-oriented middleware and real-time streaming platforms.

• Hands-on experience deploying or managing Apache Kafka (preferred) or similar messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, or Apache Pulsar in production environments.

• Experience with topic design, partitioning strategies, replication configuration, and broker management for scalable messaging systems.

• Proficiency in building real-time data pipelines using publish/subscribe architectures, including integration via Kafka Connect or MQTT clients.

• Solid programming skills in Java, Scala, or Python for developing and optimizing message producers and consumers.

• Good understanding of messaging system internals, including broker clustering, retention policies, consumer groups, offset management, and delivery guarantees.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience working with industrial or IoT messaging environments, including MQTT or AMQP protocols for collecting data from PLCs or IoT sensors.

• Knowledge of data serialization and schema management, such as Avro or Protocol Buffers, along with Schema Registry usage for enforcing message consistency.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools for streaming systems, such as Prometheus and Grafana, including dashboard and alert setup.

• Understanding of event-driven architectures, enterprise integration patterns, or ESB systems, and how messaging platforms integrate with MES, databases, analytics systems, and other enterprise applications.

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RYVW3656

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