HiveMQ Implementation & Operations Engineer

This profile is for the engineer(s) responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a

HiveMQ deployment in production — covering broker configuration and clustering, security

setup, protocol/data integrations, and ongoing operations.

Key Responsibilities Design and configure the HiveMQ broker/cluster topology (sizing, high availability, failover) for the target environment (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid).

Implement authentication and authorization (TLS/mTLS, client certificates, JWT/OAuth, LDAP) using the HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension or equivalent.

Build and maintain topic structures, Data Hub policies/transformations, and any custom extensions needed for the use case.

Stand up and operate integrations (Kafka/Confluent, cloud pub/sub, databases, MES/ERP/SCADA where relevant).

Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot the platform in production (logging, metrics, alerting, capacity planning).

Own day-2 operations: upgrades, backups, incident response, and performance tuning.

Core Technical Skills Solid working knowledge of MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5: QoS levels, session handling, retained messages, shared subscriptions, last will, and topic design best practices.

Understanding of publish/subscribe architecture and event-driven design patterns.

HiveMQ Platform Depth Broker and cluster architecture, replication, and failover behavior.

Enterprise Security Extension (ESE): realms, authentication/authorization managers, X.509/JWT/LDAP preprocessors, RBAC.

Data Hub: data validation, policies, and transformations for governing message streams.

Bridge and Kafka extensions for connecting HiveMQ to downstream systems.

Edge protocol adapters if the deployment involves OT/industrial data sources (OPC UA, Modbus, Sparkplug B).

HiveMQ Control Center for monitoring, client management, and diagnostics.

Comfort reading/writing or extending a HiveMQ extension when a custom integration or business rule is required.

Deployment & Infrastructure Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (StatefulSets, Helm, the HiveMQOperator).

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform and/or Ansible for repeatable environment provisioning.

Monitoring/observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, log aggregation.

CI/CD pipelines for config-as-code and controlled rollout of changes.

Programming & Scripting Comfortable with REST APIs for automating broker configuration and operational tasks.

Security TLS/mTLS certificate management and rotation.

General familiarity with network security concepts: firewalls, segmentation, VPNs/PrivateLink.

Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) if the deployment is cloud-hosted or hybrid.

Core networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, TLS, WebSockets, load balancing, private connectivity options.

Experience integrating streaming data with downstream systems (Kafka/Confluent, databases, data lakes, or analytics platforms).

For industrial/IoT use cases: familiarity with Unified Namespace concepts, ISA-95, and Sparkplug B is a strong plus.

Recommended Experience Level 3+ years in software/platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles, ideally with prior exposure to messaging systems (MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar).

Direct experience standing up and operating a clustered, production-grade middleware or messaging platform is the strongest predictor of success.

For OT/industrial deployments, prior exposure to plant-floor systems (PLCs, SCADA, historians) is valuable but not mandatory if paired with a strong IT/platform background.

Recommended Enablement HiveMQ University courses and certifications (MQTT Essentials, HiveMQ platform fundamentals, security/ESE, Data Hub) to close any product-specific gaps quickly.

Hands-on sandbox time with HiveMQ Cloud or a self-managed cluster before the engagement goes live.

Links HiveMQ University, HiveMQ User Guide, HiveMQ Platform (access to both HiveMQ Cloud and HiveMQ software)

Nice-to-Have / Bonus Skills Multi-cloud or hybrid deployment experience.

Prior work on a partner-led HiveMQ implementation or similar MQTT broker (EMQX, Mosquitto) migration.

Experience with regulated environments (GxP, ISO 27001/SOC 2 adjacent controls) if applicable to the customer's industry.

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