Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer

Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer The ability to drive human progress through technology relies on robust and reliable IT infrastructure – and that’s what our IT Infrastructure team provides to our customers. We’re a team of experts optimizing the performance and integrity of IT infrastructure and ensuring consistency and synchronization across all infrastructure components. In addition to supporting new and existing applications, we work with other IT groups and business units to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Messaging and Streaming Platform Engineer on our Dell IT team in Round Rock, Texas. What you’ll achieveThe 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.You will:Design, build and support enterprise large-scale distributed Messaging platforms, including software installation, patch installation, upgrading software, disaster, recovery planning, backup and recoveryLeverage AI-powered development and operational tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and incident resolutionIdentify and implement best practices to support a highly available platformImplement and enforce security practices for enterprise messaging platformsProvide Operational support for platform issues to application development teamsAddress performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumersWork in an agile global team setting Essential Requirements6 to 12 years of experience in middleware Kafka messaging, application platforms management and distributed architecture/solutionsStrong proven experience in managing RabbitMQ and Kafka for large-scale enterprise distributed systemsExperience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace Deep and extensive knowledge in configuration, troubleshooting, optimization of Kafka / RabbitMQProficiency 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 productivityDesirable RequirementsExperience in applying Generative AI /Agentic AI to infrastructure operations, platform engineering, or software development workflowsFamiliarity with AI-assisted observability, incident management, operational analytics, or intelligent automation solutionsProven expertise in Kubernetes Container Orchestration and Docker ContainersExperience in messaging / streaming platforms like IBM MQ, Active MQ, Apache Flink etc.CompensationDell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $123,200 to $169,400Benefits and Perks of Working at Dell TechnologiesYour life. Your health. Supported by your benefits. You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member — right now at MyWellatDell.comWho We AreWe believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That’s why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, we’re looking for you.Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us. Dell Technologies is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Read the full Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.Visit our Culture Code page to learn more about how we work and lead.Full timePosting Date: 2026-09-23