IBM MQ Administrators 100% REmote

IBM MQ Administrators 100% REmote 

 

Job Description:

We are looking for IBM MQ Administrator with at least 7+ years of IT experience.

 

Top Desired Skills:

- IBM MQ
- Shell Scripting
- Containerization & Orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes)
- CI/CD Tools & Automation

 

Job Summary:

Seeking Integration Platform Engineer to join our Integration Platforms and Engineering Team. This team is responsible for providing engineering for IBM MQ, IIB, MQFTE Connect:Direct and MessageSight platforms. We are looking for an Integration Platform Engineer to join our organization and help us with administration, support, and to automate and self-service enable integration technologies. This position will report to the Integration Services Manager.

Integration Platform Engineer candidates develop and maintain software & systems to integrate internal and cloud systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IBM MQ and will employ DevOps tools to improve accessibility, visibility, and production stability. Expert knowledge and experience in one or more of the following is required for this role: IBM MQ all running on the RHEL Operating Systems. Experience in Azure Integration Technologies is also preferred.

Key Responsibilities
• Perform Integration Engineering functions including but not limited to:

- IBM MQ Administration
- Fulfill service requests
- Diagnose root cause issues
- Develop Monitoring Dashboards
• Design, develop, and implement integrations based on user feedback.
• Analyze support data and trends to reduce time and money spent towards support activities.
• Analyze security and compliance issues and be able to remediate.
• Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate with the development team to streamline code deployment.
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines).
• Collaborate with team members to improve the company’s engineering tools, systems and procedures, and data security.
• Deliver quality customer service and resolve end-user issues in a timely manner.

 

Additional Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Proficient experience in administration and configuration on RHEL operating systems.
• A good working ability to write UNIX shell scripts, PERL
• A good working knowledge of Azure.
• Experience in Grafana preferred
• Experience in Terraform preferred
• Experience in Github & Github actions preferred
• Experience Artifactory
• Experience automating infrastructure provisioning, DevOps, or Continuous Integration/Delivery
• Knowledge of containerization and container orchestration technologies.
• Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as identity and access management, SSO, data protection, encryption, certificate, and key management
• Must be very organized, able to balance multiple priorities, and self-motivated.

 

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