Mainframe MQ Administration
Mainframe MQ Administration
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Mainframe MQ Systems Engineer/MQ Administration
Location: New York/New Jersey Pittsburgh or Lake Mary FL (Open to remote for the contract portion Onsite 4 days when converted to FTE)
W2 Candidates only- Look for candidates within NY FL PA NJ.
Must have: Mainframe systems engineering Strong MQ Administration CICS and TLS Security
Description :
Job responsibilities:
- Collaborate with application teams in exploring most suited MQ implementation for their requirements.
- Provision MQ infrastructure on mainframe z/OS and on distributed platform.
- Understand explain configure and support queue sharing group configurations clusters channel authentications on the mainframe certificates etc.
- Have a broader understanding of mainframe dependencies to support capacity on the mainframe IPL and DR events.
- Provide assistance on MQ related alerts and incidents.
- Some basic level of understanding in how applications use MQ on the mainframe platform is expected.
- Some basic level of mainframe application programming in COBOL is preferred.
- Contribute on change management and DR related events.
- Demonstrate high level of ownership and accountability.
To be successful in this role were seeking the following:
- Bachelors degree in computer science or a related discipline or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8 years of related infrastructure experience required.
- Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
- 8 years of experience in administering MQ in z/OS environment.
- Strong knowledge of MQ Queue Sharing Groups MQ clusters with mainframe QManager members manage channel authentication in z/OS TLS certificate management and stream Queues.
- Some understanding of MQ application programming experience in z/OS environment (either C COBOL or Java) and the infrastructure dependencies there.
- Solid understanding of MQ DR events on mainframe and the underlying dependencies.
- Good understanding of MQ upgrade process in z/OS environment.
- Some basic understanding of security exits.
- Good understanding of change management and incident practices.
- Ability to multitask and manage deliverables under time pressure.
- Understanding CICS logs for troubleshooting purposes is expected
Employment Type
Full Time
