Overview

Solace Support Engineer - Contract

Rate: Up to £650/day

Duration: 6-month rolling contract

Location: London (Hybrid - very flexible WFH)

Industry: Leading Bank

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Solace Support Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure and Middleware team, supporting a mission-critical messaging environment. You'll play a key role in onboarding applications to the Solace messaging platform, troubleshooting complex incidents, and driving platform improvements in a fast-paced banking environment.

What You'll Do

• Provide specialist technical support for the Solace platform, ensuring stability, performance, and resilience.
• Onboard new applications, guiding teams on Solace APIs and integration best practices.
• Analyse capacity, performance, and latency metrics, recommending optimisations.
• Manage incidents end-to-end - from diagnosis to resolution - escalating to the vendor where required.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and business teams on platform evolution.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, backup, and recovery processes.
• Contribute to risk management, operational documentation, and disaster recovery readiness.

What You'll Bring

Essential:

• Proven expertise with Solace Message Broker and Solace APIs.
• Advanced Linux/Unix skills.
• Solid experience in monitoring tools (eg, ITRS Geneos).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Desirable:

• Financial services or high-volume transactional systems experience.
• Understanding of networking concepts and Firewalls.
• Scripting skills (eg, Shell, Python).
• Previous application support experience.