IBM MQ Mainframe Administrator

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced IBM MQ Mainframe Administrator to support, maintain, and optimize our enterprise messaging infrastructure on z/OS. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in IBM MQ administration, mainframe operations, and enterprise integration, ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performance message delivery across critical business applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and upgrade IBM MQ queue managers and related components on z/OS.
• Manage MQ objects including queues, channels, listeners, and process definitions.
• Monitor MQ performance, availability, and message flows; proactively address issues and bottlenecks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve MQ connectivity, message delivery, and operational problems.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures for MQ environments.
• Administer security policies, RACF profiles, and access controls for MQ resources.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and network teams for integration and support.
• Maintain and document MQ configurations, procedures, and incident resolutions.
• Participate in audits, compliance reviews, and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Provide on-call support and participate in change management and incident response processes.
• Support MQ upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning activities.
• Conduct performance tuning and recommend improvements for reliability and scalability.

Requirements:

• 8 years of hands-on experience with IBM MQ administration on z/OS.
• Strong knowledge of z/OS operating system, JCL, SMP/E, and mainframe utilities.
• Experience with MQ concepts: queue managers, queues, channels, logs, and clustering.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting MQ and TCP/IP network issues.
• Familiarity with RACF or equivalent mainframe security tools.
• Experience with monitoring tools and performance analysis for MQ.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code using best practices and design patterns
• Strategic thinking able to identify a vision along with the plans, which need to be implemented to meet the end goal, evaluating situations, decisions, and issues in the short, medium, and long term
• Analytical thinking - able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts explore and evaluate them systematically
• Collaborate with various areas of the organization including business partners, product owners, architecture, security mavens, and IT engineering teams to understand business requirements and design specifications
• Conduct research on emerging technologies, design principles, and development frameworks to ensure software solutions remain current, fresh, and future proof
• Provide technical guidance in software design and development activities
• Mentoring junior members of the team to develop their technical skills
• Review Designs and Code and Provide recommendations for continuous improvement
• Provide technical leadership direction, determining and developing approac hes to solutions by coordinating multiple resources to solve complex problems.