Role: MQ Series Administrator
Emp Type: Permanent Job
Interview: Phone/Skype
Location: Indianapolis, IN
3-5 years of MQ Messaging Administration/Support experience.
Administration/development experience of other DW platforms (Such as Informatica) or database administration is a plus.
Experience with MQ API development
Experience with monitoring tools such as ESM
4-6 Years of total IT experience.
Strong Middleware and Messaging Infrastructure Automation Engineering skills,
Experience configuring Middleware and Messaging in AWS / Cloud Environments.
Security Experience: RSA Security Principals Management, SSH Keys and Digital Certificates. Active Directory/LDAP, OAuth, JWT. Password Vaulting
Strong programming skills in one or more of the following: Python, Java, UNIX shell, Power shell, Ansible
IT Service management skills: SNOW, ITIL
2-3 years of experience managing Linux/UNIX based systems.
Good interpersonal communication skills.
Security Technologies(One or more): CyberArk, HashiCorp, Ping Identity, SiteMinder, AquaSec, Qualys.
Good knowledge of JDBC, XML and Web Services APIs.
Programming skills in one or more of the following: Ruby, Groovy, Scala, Go.
Misc: Quality Center, GitHub, Chef
Installation, configuration, monitoring and support of MQ/MQ messaging including upgrades and maintenance of security.
Develop/Enhance application interfaces with MQ Series.
Provide Subject matter expertise on all aspects of IBM Websphere MQ/MQFTE.
Address a majority of technical questions concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature / functionality of the product.
Assist and lead the support of applications across distributed environments.
Perform active monitoring of application services, custom plugins/checks where required restore or recover from application service events and/or failures
Aid in the comprehensive software platform and contribute new ideas regarding best practices for deploying, maintaining and optimizing infrastructure
Drive automation to reduce failures, manual tasks and therefore improving overall application performance, stability, and availability
Participate in on-call escalations to troubleshoot customer facing issues
Diagnose any issues including errors and performance topics.
Establish governance processes, best practice documentation and internal knowledgebase for users of MQ. Review usage and adoption of best practices.