Overview
Hybrid
$60 - $70
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)
75% Travel
Skills
IBM WebSphere MQ
IBM
z/OS
TSO
DevOps
Rexx
JCL
ISPF
Disaster Recovery
Software Maintenance
Performance Tuning
CICS
Mainframe
MQ
MQI
Finance
Financial
Job Details
Job Title: Mainframe MQ Engineer
Location: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid 3 days onsite / 2 days remote)
Interview Process: First Round Video | Final Round Onsite
Local Candidates Only
Key Responsibilities:
Location: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid 3 days onsite / 2 days remote)
Interview Process: First Round Video | Final Round Onsite
Local Candidates Only
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and manage IBM MQ resources such as channels, queues, and queue managers.
- Work with MQ Data Sharing in large-scale Sysplex environments.
- Perform regular MQ software maintenance and patching.
- Collaborate with IBM support to troubleshoot and resolve MQ issues.
- Monitor MQ environments using tools and techniques for performance tuning and capacity planning.
- Develop and analyze performance and trending reports.
- Implement and validate disaster recovery procedures.
- Provide support for in-house developed tools, including:
- Wrappers for MQI
- Enhanced CICS trigger monitors
- MQ trace utilities
- Interface with distributed MQ engineering teams and application developers.
- Provide on-call support as needed outside of business hours.
- Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ on z/OS.
- Solid understanding of Sysplex architecture and data sharing.
- Knowledge of high availability concepts and clustering in MQ.
- Experience in MQ performance tuning, monitoring, and problem determination.
- Familiarity with JCL, REXX, TSO/ISPF, and z/OS utilities.
- Exposure to CICS environments and batch MQ processing.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Experience in multi-queue manager and high-volume environments.
- IBM Certification in MQ or z/OS is a plus.
- Familiarity with DevOps tools for MQ integration is a bonus.
- Hybrid work model: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote
- Must be willing to participate in periodic on-call rotation
- Local candidates to Alpharetta, GA preferred
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