Senior Financial Messaging & Middleware Engineer

Urgent Hiring Position !!!!
Position: Senior Financial Messaging & Middleware Engineer (FIX / SWIFT)
Location: Jersey City, NJ | Dallas, TX | Tampa, FL (100% Onsite from Day 1)
Duration: 6 Months
We are seeking a Senior Financial Messaging & Middleware Engineer to drive the architecture, automation, security, and operations of critical enterprise FIX and SWIFT messaging platforms across Linux, containerized (OpenShift/K8s), and cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering: Design, deploy, and maintain core SWIFT infrastructure (SAA, SAG, FIN, InterAct, FileAct) and FIX engines (Broadridge Appia, QuickFIX).
Modernization & Cloud: Build CI/CD pipelines and drive cloud-native containerized solutions across Linux, OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS, and appliances.
Security & Compliance: Enforce message routing controls, encryption, SWIFT CSP compliance, and high-availability disaster recovery (DR) standards.
Automation & Operations: Automate workflows using Terraform and Ansible; perform root cause analysis (RCA) and incident resolution for critical financial market infrastructure.
Collaboration: Partner with cloud, security, and app teams to define engineering standards, architecture docs, and integration pipelines.
Must-Haves
Experience: 8–10 years in IT middleware/financial messaging; 6+ years directly supporting SWIFT, FIX, or distributed financial systems.
Financial Messaging Protocols: Deep expertise in SWIFT (SAA, SAG, ISO 15022 MT, ISO 20022 MX) and FIX (Broadridge Appia, QuickFIX).
Middleware & Cloud: WebSphere Application Server (WAS), OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and Linux environments.
Automation & Scripting: Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Linux shell/scripting.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Nice to Haves (Preferred)
SWIFT Certifications & direct SWIFT CSP compliance experience.
Integration experience with IBM MQ, Apache Kafka, or REST AP