Senior Infrastructure Specialist

In this role you will lead IBM MQ and middleware design across Private Cloud platforms, enabling secure, scalable messaging for the engineering teams. You will work within a mature Middleware Engineering group to modernise through automation, containerisation and OpenShift. You will act as a technical authority, shaping deployment and lifecycle practices, while driving security-by-design and observability. The role offers hands-on engineering with a focus on container-based automation and a clear impact on enterprise messaging at scale. Join a values-led culture focused on inclusion and making a difference in financial services.

• generous pension contribution up to 15%
• annual performance-related bonus
• discounts on shopping
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• wellbeing initiatives
• generous parental leave policies

• Lead design and evolution of IBM MQ and middleware services on VMware and Red Hat OpenShift, promoting containerisation and Operator-based deployment
• Apply platform engineering and everything-as-code practices (CI/CD) for secure, repeatable build, deployment and lifecycle management
• Act as middleware technical authority, leading technical conversations with stakeholders, partners, vendors and senior leaders
• Champion automation, resilience, observability, and security-by-design across middleware services
• Mentor colleagues and raise engineering standards across the Private Cloud platform

• Deep knowledge of IBM MQ architecture and distributed messaging (queue managers, channels, clustering)
• Strong experience securing MQ (TLS, certificates, authentication, authorisation, secure configuration)
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure, performance and connectivity issues
• Experience across MQ lifecycle (design, installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, management)
• Understanding of enterprise security, risk, and operational controls with effective cross-team communication

• effective communication across infrastructure, application and platform teams
• mentoring and knowledge sharing
• cross-functional collaboration
• IBM MQ
• IBM WebSphere Application Server (useful)
• IBM DataPower (useful)