MQ/ACE Integration Engineer ()

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as an MQ Series Administrator and familiar with all aspects of MQ administration.
• Proficient in MQ Series 9.X features- Strong knowledge of MQ objects such as Queues, Channels, Clustered Queues, etc.
• Strong knowledge and experience with MQ Clustering variants, PUB/SUB, and Client-access architectures
• Knowledge of MQ security aspects: Channel security, SSL, authentication & authorization mechanisms
• 5+ years experience with Red Hat Linux or any other flavor of Linux Inc. shell-scripting)
• Security hardening of IBM MQ to include TLS encryption and Authority/Authentication Records
• Monitors execution and performance of messaging applications.
• 5+ experience with MQ installs (zOS and distributed) - zOS experience is must
• Experience using JCL (Job Control Language) to run batch jobs
• Experience using automation with Ansible automation (for middleware platforms)
• 5+ years experience on IIB administration who is able to do configuration changes, deployments and Broker setup.
• Install and Configure IBM Integration Bus (IIB) Software in development, test and production environments
• 5+ years experience monitoring and maintaining the health of IIB environments to ensure high availability and performance
• Implement and Manage security protocols and policies in IIB environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other middleware technologies such as Active MQ or Rabbit MQ
• Ansible automation

Department: Preferred Vendors
This is a contract position