Senior MQ Engineer

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Unable to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

Agile
IBM WebSphere MQ
RabbitMQ
Red Hat Linux
High Availability
Veritas Cluster Server
Kafka

Job Details

***** 6 months CTH *****

Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop MQ Components (Queue managers, MQ Queues (Local, alias, Remote, transmission and cluster Queues), Channels, TCP Listeners). Configure Customized Dead Letter Queues to store undelivered messages. Define MQ TCP Network Listeners on assigned Network ports
  • Develop MQ Header utility programs for IIH header/AuditHandlers to add/remove IMS headers from incoming messages and audit MQ Messages from Request and Reply queues respectively
  • Develop custom programs for MQ Cluster Security Exit to authorize and authenticate remote Servers and users connecting to Loyalty systems. Develop Java node to map business DIT values from MQ Messages to corresponding producer message formats and modify as per business requirements
  • Develop Shell utilities to build MQ on servers, Setup MQ Backups, MQ Object definitions, user authorizations, MQ cluster workload distribution, monitoring and Log analysis
  • Develop auto migrate utility application to automate deployment process of MQ Components, message flows and message sets. Review application code and troubleshoot application connectivity issues
  • Perform installation & configuration of open-source messaging products like RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka
  • Work with application teams on migrating MQ from Solaris to RedHat Linux.
  • Monitor infrastructure performance and capacity. Perform capacity analysis/planning, research and recommend appropriate products
  • Design and setup disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) solution for Enterprise Messaging Platform using VCS-Veritas Cluster Server/IBM Power HACMP/LTM-GTM/F5
  • Create and configure network secure MQ Communications using SSL (Secure Socket Layer)/TLS (Transport Layer Security) to comply with the latest security standards
  • Assist, coordinate and guide application and operations teams for any MQ definitions setup, implementations, validations, software upgrades, maintenance and troubleshooting
  • Participate On call rotational schedule for off hours support
  • Document and update the Runbook with all application code functionalities, modifications, enhancements, configurational changes and implementation observations

Requirements:

  • 10 years of experience working as MQ Engineer
  • Strong experience with RedHat Linux(RHEL) and Veritas Clustering
  • Azure Cloud

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field
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