Job Title: Messaging Middleware Support Engineer - Electronic Trading Contract: 12 Months Location: London (2 to 3 Days Onsite) Work Pattern: Full Time Rate: Highly Competitive for Suitable Candidates Are you passionate about electronic trading and middleware technologies? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can make a real impact? Join our client as a Messaging Middleware Support Engineer and help shape the future of electronic trading! About the Role: As a Messaging Middleware Support Engineer, you will engage in both development and operational activities to support message-oriented middleware in the electronic trading space. Collaborate with regional and globally distributed teams to maintain and enhance existing and new messaging architectures. This is your chance to work closely with stakeholders daily, resolving incidents, addressing problems, and managing service requests! Required Skills: • Extensive experience in a UNIX/Linux production environment with numerous hosts. • Familiarity with the Kerberos authentication protocol or similar. • Proficiency working with AMPS Experience with transport/messaging systems: AMPS, TIBCO EMS, Kafka, Solace and/or other publisher/subscriber messaging products. • Message replication, high-volume messaging, and scaling experience • Ability to coordinate seamlessly with application and infrastructure teams during releases. • Experience in tracking and managing vendor support tickets while triaging urgent production issues. • Hands-on experience with on-call support for production environments. • Solid troubleshooting skills for production applications. • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. • Automation expertise using Ansible. • Experience with tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Jira, and Wiki. • Basic knowledge of Middleware (MQ, Kafka) and platform operating systems (Windows, Unix). Key Responsibilities: • Provide operational and engineering support for messaging middleware. • Act as a vital link between Production and Development teams. • Define, automate, and maintain support processes for data validation and entitlements integration. • Implement best practises for configuring and deploying AMPS instances or similar technologies. • optimise existing solutions and architectures for efficiency. • Contribute to the design of resilient messaging architectures tailored for low latency/high throughput scenarios. • Ensure a solid understanding of protocols such as TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, SSH, and SFTP. Why Join Us? • Work in a vibrant and innovative environment that values your expertise. • Collaborate with talented professionals who are passionate about technology and electronic trading. • Enjoy a highly competitive rate for your skills and contributions. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and be part of a forward-thinking organisation, we want to hear from you! Apply today and embark on an exciting journey as a Messaging Middleware Support Engineer in Electronic Trading! Note: This is a fixed-term contract position for 12 months. The role requires 2 to 3 days onsite in London. Join us and be part of something extraordinary! Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.