Platform Engineering – Solace
Meet Our Recruiter
About the Role
Solace Expert
We are looking for a hands-on engineer with proven experience configuring, administering, and supporting Solace PubSub+ environments. You will take ownership of the full lifecycle of the messaging platform, from deploying brokers and tuning performance to managing access controls, optimising resources, and ensuring reliable application connectivity across the estate. This role suits someone who enjoys being close to the technology, solving issues at source, and keeping distributed systems running efficiently.
You will be responsible for day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of Solace environments, working across development, infrastructure, and cloud teams to deliver a stable and well-governed messaging service. You will troubleshoot problems, refine configurations, improve observability, and help drive upgrades, automation, and improved resilience.
Experience Needed
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience configuring, administering, and troubleshooting Solace PubSub+
• Strong understanding of event-driven and messaging principles
• Good knowledge of networking concepts, platform performance tuning, and cloud deployment patterns
• Ability to analyse issues across application, network, and infrastructure layers
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering teams
Useful Extras
• Experience with Prometheus or Grafana
• Knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, or similar infrastructure as code tools
If you are a practical engineer who enjoys owning and improving Solace-based messaging platforms and wants to play a key role in strengthening a core service, we would like to hear from you.