IBM MQ Administrator

IBM MQ Administrator

Chicago, IL (Primary location), Richmond, VA (Second possible location)

Contract Opportunity

Seeking an expert IBM MQ Administrator to join our MQ team and be responsible for managing and maintaining our IBM MQ infrastructure.

- The IBM MQ Administrator will work closely with development teams to ensure the availability and reliability of our messaging infrastructure to support our applications and services

- Install, configure, and maintain IBM MQ servers and associated infrastructure

- Monitor the performance of the IBM MQ servers and associated infrastructure, troubleshoot any issues, and take corrective action to resolve problems

- Implement high availability and Disaster Recovery solutions

- Manage access controls, security configurations, and authentication protocols for IBM MQ servers

- Configure and manage IBM MQ objects.

- Deep understanding of IBM MQ cluster design, operation and maintenance

- Document IBM MQ infrastructure configurations and procedures

- Join the teams on-call support rotation.

- Must have a pro-active, can-do mindset.

Basic Qualifications:

At least 6 years' experience with IBM MQSeries, including MQ clustering.

At least 6 years' experience using Linux.

At least 2 years' experience with cloud platforms, ideally AWS.

Preferred Qualifications:

At least 2 years' experience with deployment tooling (Devops tooling, Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, CICD).

At least 2 years' experience with scripting.

Experience with Kubernetes, containers.

Experience with monitoring tools such as Infrared360, NewRelic, Splunk.

Experience with AI tooling.