IBM MQ & Confluent Kafka Admin Director Infrastructure Production Management & Reliability Engineering

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We're looking for a skilled IBM MQ & Confluent Kafka Admin with minimum 7 years of experience to join our team.



Enterprise_Technology

Enterprise Technology & Services (ETS) delivers shared technology services for Morgan Stanley supporting all business applications and end users.

ETS provides capabilities for all stages of Morgan Stanley's software development lifecycle, enabling productive coding, functional and integration testing, application releases, and ongoing monitoring and support for over 3,000 production applications.

ETS also delivers all workplace technologies (desktop, mobile, voice, video, productivity, intranet/internet) in integrated configurations that boost the personal productivity of employees.

Application and end user functions are delivered on a scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure composed of seamlessly integrated datacenter, network, compute, cloud, storage, and database functions.



Enterprise Computing (EC)

Enterprise Computing is a department of Core Infrastructure that provides a collection of products and services that make up the Morgan Stanley core compute infrastructure, hosting platforms and supporting application services.

Solutions are delivered across the infrastructure stack from foundational hardware platforms, storage, server operating systems and virtualization up through the hosting of common web, database, middleware and reporting services.



Infrastructure Production Management & Reliability Engineering

This is a Director position that maintains the stability and reliability of the organization's infrastructure systems, ensuring optimal performance and availability to support business operations.



Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.



At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm's global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm's infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services.

Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru.

We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business.

For those who show passion and grit in their work, there's ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.



Interested in joining a team that's eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world?

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What you'll do in the role:

About the Role:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with expertise in supporting and managing MQ and Kafka systems.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Unix systems administration, experience with Kubernetes (preferred), and a passion for maintaining high availability, performance, and reliability in distributed systems.



Key Responsibilities:

> Manage and Support MQ & Kafka Systems: Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot IBM MQ and Kafka clusters to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

Handle incident management, including root cause analysis and post-mortem reviews.



> Automation and Scripting: Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline operational processes, deployment pipelines, and monitoring solutions using tools like Ansible, Python and /or shell scrips or similar.



> Monitoring and Alerting: Implement and manage monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to track the health and performance of MQ, Kafka, and related systems.

Create and manage alerting mechanisms to proactively identify and resolve issues.



> Performance Tuning and Optimization: Continuously monitor system performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks.

Implement best practices for scaling Kafka and MQ clusters.



> Collaboration and Support: Work closely with application development, DevOps, and other engineering teams to support new and existing applications.



> Documentation: Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.



What you'll bring to the role:

Required Skills:
Experience: 7+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or in a similar role, with hands-on experience in supporting MQ (e.g., IBM MQ) and Confluent Kafka.



IBM MQ Administration:
Installation & Configuration: Proficiency in installing and configuring IBM MQ.


Queue Management: Creating, configuring, and managing queues, channels, listeners, and other MQ objects.


Security Configuration: Implementing SSL/TLS, access control lists (ACLs), and MQ object security.


Troubleshooting MQ Performance related issues.



Confluent Kafka Administration:
Installation & Configuration: Proficiency in installing and configuring Kafka brokers, Zookeeper, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry on various platforms.


Cluster Management: Skills in managing Kafka clusters, including adding/removing brokers, partitioning, and replication strategies.


Kafka Broker Configuration: Deep understanding of broker configurations such as log retention, segment sizes, and in-sync replica (ISR) management.


Experience of managing Kafka on Kubernetes is preferred.



Good to have / Preferred Skills
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and related tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git).


Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible).


Proficiency in Unix/Linux administration.


Familiar with Networking concepts and utilities
Proficiency with Python programming language
High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery (DR): Setting up and maintaining HA clusters and disaster recovery solutions, including replication and failover mechanisms.



WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years.

Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries.

At Morgan Stanley, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered.

Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences.

We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.

There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.



To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.



Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer.

We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

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