IBM MQ Admin

Title: IBM MQ Admin
Location: Chicago, IL/Richmond, VA
Job Type: Onsite
Work Type: Contract
Duration: Long Term

Overview:
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

Responsibilities:
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.

Required 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.