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We are looking for a hands on Senior Messaging Specialist / Architect with deep expertise in NATS.io and Red Hat AMQ, capable of designing and guiding enterprise-scale messaging solutions across VMware and OpenShift environments. This role focuses on strategic design, architecture, and governance of messaging systems, while providing technical leadership to operations and development teams.
Key Responsibilities- Lead architecture and design of enterprise-grade messaging platforms leveraging NATS and AMQ.
- Define and implement best practices for messaging patterns, high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.
- Work with enterprise architects and DevOps to design messaging solutions aligned with microservices and event-driven architectures.
- Evaluate migration strategies from AMQ to NATS and lead migration projects.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and oversight to engineers supporting messaging infrastructure.
- Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning across large-scale environments.
- Author governance, standards, and documentation for messaging services.
- Act as a primary escalation point for critical messaging-related incidents.
- 7+ years of experience in messaging platforms, with proven architecture-level responsibility.
- Deep expertise in NATS.io (Core, JetStream, NATS Streaming) and Red Hat AMQ (ActiveMQ Artemis, AMQ Streams).
- Strong knowledge of OpenShift, Kubernetes, and VMware vSphere architecture.
- Expertise in event-driven architecture (EDA), microservices integration, and hybrid-cloud solutions.
- Ability to design secure messaging topologies with TLS, mTLS, and OAuth2-based authentication.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps (ArgoCD, Helm, Operators).
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift / VMware VCP Certification.
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pulsar for comparative architectural evaluations.
- Experience in enterprise migration programs between messaging platforms.
This job description describes the general nature and level of work expected of a person assigned to this position. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor.
It is the policy of FORTNA and its affiliated companies to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, citizenship status (if authorized to work in the U.S.), or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, FORTNA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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