Solace Middleware Engineer - ENET

Team Overview: UK ITS AS (ENET) The UK ITS AS (ENET) team provides highly specialized middleware and application platform support to the Bank's dedicated, low-latency electronic trading infrastructure. This mission-critical environment supports real-time Forex (FX) and Fixed Income (FI) electronic trading systems, where sub-millisecond performance is paramount. Role Summary We are seeking an expert-level Senior Solace Middleware Engineer to spearhead the support, management, and long-term evolution of our enterprise Solace messaging infrastructure. In this role, you will act as the platform owner for the messaging bus that underpins our global FX and Fixed Income trading businesses. You will work directly with global development teams, network infrastructure specialists, and trading stakeholders to design resilient, ultra-low latency messaging architectures, onboard critical new applications, and maintain flawless operational stability during high-volume market hours. Key Responsibilities 1. Solace Messaging Infrastructure & Architecture Platform Ownership: Architect, administer, and optimize the enterprise Solace PubSub+ platform (both physical appliances and software brokers). Latency Tuning: Configure and performance-tune Solace brokers, message VPNs, queues, topic hierarchies, and client profiles to meet micro-second requirements. Resilience & Routing: Manage high-availability configurations (primary/backup broker pairs, replication) and implement Dynamic Message Routing (DMR) for inter-datacenter distribution. Governance: Define and enforce messaging standards, naming conventions, and best-practice governance frameworks. 2. Trading Application Integration & On-boarding Integration Engineering: Partner with global development teams to integrate trading applications with Solace message streams, optimizing session properties and flow control. Pattern Design: Design topic hierarchies, multicast messaging standards, and subscription patterns optimized for market dat