Middleware Engineer (IBM MQ & Kafka – Development & Support)
Watershed Consulting
- R1000.00 - R1001.00 per hour
- Contract Intermediate position
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Johannesburg
- Posted 02 Jul 2026 by Watershed Consulting
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2641725
About the position
Qualifications
- 10+ years experience in middleware and messaging platforms, preferably with BFSI exposure.
- Proven hands-on experience administering and developing with IBM MQ and Apache Kafka.
- Strong development skills in Java and Spring Boot; experience with Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect.
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus and Grafana.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud messaging (Azure Event Hubs, AWS MSK) preferred.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills and the ability to operate in high-pressure production environments.
Desired Skills:
- IBM MQ
- Apache Kafka
- Kafka Streams
- Kafka Connect
- IBM MQ APIs
- Java
- Spring Boot
Watershed Consulting
About the agency
Watershed Consulting is a Recruitment Company offering placement opportunities in the following sectors: Banking, Finance, Call Centre, Information Communication and Technology (ICT). We go beyond traditional recruitment by not just a getting a job for you, but a career. We do this by finding the best fit between candidate and the job. Our expertise in compensation, benefits, job evaluation and competency profiling underpins our recruitment process.
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