Mainframe IBM MQ Engineer - JKNJ
hace 6 días
Toms River
Job Description Job Title: Mainframe IBM MQ Engineer Location: Chandler, AZ; Plano, TX; Charlotte, NC; Jersey City, NJ Job Type: Contract Duration: 6–12 Months Work Arrangement: Hybrid | 3 Days Onsite and 2 Days Work From Home Pay Rate: $55–$60/hr Note: This job doesn't offer any benefits. Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Mainframe IBM MQ Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in IBM MQ for z/OS to support highly available, business-critical mainframe environments. The role focuses on MQ administration, configuration, security, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management. Required Qualifications • Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ for z/OS., • Strong knowledge of queue managers, local and remote queues, transmission queues, MQ channels, channel initiators, listeners, and dead-letter queues., • Experience with distributed queuing, MQ clustering, MQ security, logging, recovery, monitoring, and troubleshooting., • Strong working knowledge of IBM z/OS., • Experience developing and maintaining JCL., • Good understanding of TCP/IP and network connectivity., • Experience troubleshooting MQ issues and supporting production environments., • Experience supporting high-volume, business-critical mainframe systems., • Understanding of change, incident, and problem management processes. Responsibilities IBM MQ Administration & Configuration • Install, configure, administer, and support IBM MQ for z/OS environments., • Create, configure, and maintain queue managers, local and remote queues, transmission queues, channels, listeners, and other MQ objects., • Perform routine MQ administration, monitoring, maintenance, and operational support., • Configure and maintain distributed queuing between queue managers., • Administer and troubleshoot IBM MQ clusters and messaging infrastructure. Monitoring & Troubleshooting • Monitor queue depths, channel status, queue manager availability, message flow, and overall infrastructure health., • Troubleshoot channel failures, queue manager issues, message delivery problems, and messages remaining on queues., • Resolve connectivity issues, security and authorization failures, and application-to-MQ communication problems., • Perform problem determination and root cause analysis for production incidents., • Support MQ recovery, restart, and service restoration activities. Security & Connectivity • Implement and maintain MQ security in collaboration with security and RACF teams., • Configure and troubleshoot channel authentication, connection authentication, TLS, and MQ access controls, where applicable., • Support TCP/IP connectivity and secure communication between applications and queue managers., • Maintain reliable MQ integration with mainframe applications and enterprise infrastructure. Performance, Maintenance & Resiliency • Analyze MQ performance and implement tuning recommendations., • Support MQ upgrades, migrations, patching, maintenance, and lifecycle management., • Support high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements., • Develop and maintain JCL, automation scripts, operational procedures, and technical documentation., • Participate in production implementations, change management, incident management, and problem management., • Provide on-call and after-hours support for critical production issues as required. Application & Infrastructure Integration • Support IBM MQ integration with CICS and IMS applications., • Collaborate with application, network, security, operations, and systems programming teams., • Support MQ communication across complex enterprise mainframe environments., • Ensure reliable messaging services for high-volume, business-critical applications. Preferred Technical Skills • CICS and IBM MQ integration., • IMS and IBM MQ integration., • RACF security administration., • TCP/IP networking., • REXX scripting., • TSO/ISPF., • SDSF., • SMP/E software maintenance., • IBM Sysplex environments., • MQ Queue Sharing Groups., • Automation and monitoring tools., • Enterprise scheduling tools such as CA7 or TWS., • Disaster recovery and business continuity., • Performance monitoring and capacity management., • Managed File Transfer (MFT).