IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) with IBM MQ Administrator

Title : IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) with IBM MQ Administrator position
Location : Baltimore MD (Hybrid - 2 days onsite for week)
Experience : 10+

Responsibilities
Install, configure, administer, and maintain IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) and IBM MQ environments across Development, QA, UAT, and Production.
Manage IBM MQ Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Listeners, Clusters, and security configurations.
Deploy, configure, and support ACE Integration Servers, Message Flows, APIs, and integration applications.
Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity of ACE and MQ infrastructure.
Troubleshoot and resolve middleware issues related to message processing, connectivity, performance, and security.
Perform MQ queue monitoring, message tracking, dead-letter queue analysis, and problem resolution.
Configure and maintain SSL/TLS, certificates, authentication, authorization, and encryption for secure messaging.
Implement high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), backup, and recovery strategies for ACE and MQ environments.
Support production releases, deployments, and change management activities.
Automate administration tasks using Shell Scripting, Python, Ansible, or other automation tools.
Work closely with application development teams to troubleshoot integration and messaging issues.
Perform environment upgrades, patching, migration, and capacity planning activities.
Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, architecture diagrams, and support procedures.
Monitor logs and alerts using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Tivoli, or similar monitoring platforms.
Ensure compliance with enterprise security, audit, and operational standards.

Required Skills
5+ years of experience administering IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE/IIB) and IBM MQ.
Strong knowledge of message-oriented middleware concepts and enterprise integration patterns.
Experience with Linux/Unix and Windows server administration.
Knowledge of MQ Clustering, Multi-Instance Queue Managers, and High Availability configurations.
Experience with REST APIs, SOAP Web Services, JMS, MQ, Kafka, and file-based integrations.
Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning experience.
Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Git, UrbanCode Deploy, Ansible, or Azure DevOps.
Experience with containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift is preferred.
Understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or IBM Cloud is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications
IBM Certified Administrator – IBM MQ.
IBM ACE / Integration Bus certifications.
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise integration platforms in financial, healthcare, retail, or government environments.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.