About this opportunity
Rose International lists this Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer opportunity in round rock, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Date Posted: 08/11/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number:
Industry: IT Company
Job Title: Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer
Job Location: Round Rock, TX, USA, 78664
Work Model: Onsite
Shift: Standard working hours
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 26
Min Hourly Rate($): 60.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 65.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Agile, AI, Apache, Configuration Management, Grafana, Kafka, Software Development, Splunk
Experience Desired: Experience in middleware Kafka messaging, application platforms management and distributed architect (6-12 yrs); Experience in managing RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale enterprise distributed systems (6-12 yrs); Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace (5+ yrs); Deep and extensive knowledge in configuration, troubleshooting, optimization of Kafka / RabbitMQ (5+ yrs); Proficiency with Python, shell scripts, & configuration management tools, preferably Ansible (5+ yrs); Practical experience using AI-powered development and engineering tools (3+ yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
C2C is not available
Job Description
Only qualified Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineerg candidates located near Round Rock, TX are to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence
Required Skills, Experience & Abilities
6 to 12 years of experience in middleware Kafka messaging, application platforms management and distributed architecture/solutions
Strong proven experience in managing RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale enterprise distributed systems
Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace
Deep and extensive knowledge in configuration, troubleshooting, optimization of Kafka / RabbitMQ
Proficiency with Python, shell scripts, & configuration management tools, preferably Ansible?
Practical experience using AI-powered development and engineering tools and solutions to improve development and operational productivity.
Desirable Skills
Experience in applying Generative AI /Agentic AI to infrastructure operations, platform engineering, or software development workflows.
Familiarity with AI-assisted observability, incident management, operational analytics, or intelligent automation solutions.
Proven expertise in Kubernetes Container Orchestration and Docker Containers.
Experience in messaging / streaming platforms like IBM MQ, Active MQ, Apache Flink etc.
Role
The Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer provides middleware messaging engineering, administration and system support for new and existing production RabbitMQ and Kafka environments, including performance of the following tasks: Software installation, patch installation, upgrades, object definition, configuration, security, system monitoring and tuning, disaster recovery planning, automation implementation and backup and recovery. Work independently on day-to-day monitoring and operations of cloud and legacy applications. You will be required to develop automation using AI-assisted engineering practices. Identify opportunities to leverage AI and intelligent automation to reduce manual operational effort and accelerate service delivery.
Responsibilities
Design, build and support enterprise large-scale distributed Messaging platforms, including software installation, patch installation, upgrading software, disaster, recovery planning, backup and recovery.
Leverage AI-powered development and operational tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and incident resolution.
Identify and implement best practices to support a highly available platform
Implement and enforce security practices for enterprise messaging platforms
Provide Operational support for platform issues to application development teams
Address performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumers.
Work in an agile global team setting
Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.
Benefits
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Rose International has an official agreement (ID # ), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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Worksite address
round rock, TX, 78682, US
Who can apply
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