Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing IBM MQ and Liberty messaging infrastructure, including queue managers, channels, queues, clustering, and high-availability configurations.
- Monitor system health and performance metrics, identifying and resolving bottlenecks, tuning MQ settings, and optimizing configurations to ensure reliable and efficient operations.
- Lead enterprise messaging initiatives, including planning, execution, testing, and deployment, while ensuring alignment with business and IT strategies.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting and serve as the final escalation point for complex MQ and Liberty issues; support junior admins and application teams during integration and issue resolution.
- Implement and manage security controls, encryption, and auditing across MQ environments to maintain data integrity and meet compliance requirements.
- Perform capacity planning and resource forecasting to support growth and ensure scalability across enterprise environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams—such as infrastructure, development, and operations—to ensure seamless messaging integration and support.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation including architecture, procedures, troubleshooting steps, and recovery strategies.
- Stay current on MQ technologies, patches, and best practices; recommend and implement enhancements to maintain a competitive and compliant messaging environment.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:
- Active Secret clearance is required.
- Due to contract requirements, only US Citizens can be considered. Candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered.
- 12 or more years of experience in a MQ Engineer role or in a related field.
- Experience with WebSphere
- Candidates must reside within a commutable distance for daily onsite work and on-call requirements.
- This contract supports systems that require 24x7x365 uptime. Candidates must be willing and able to meet recall requirements, including participation in a rotational on-call schedule.
- This individual must be able to accommodate a rotational on-call schedule as needed.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- IBM System Admin for MQ certification
- Experience with IBM WebSphere Liberty
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