IBM MQ Administrator

Job Description:

MQ Administrator Automation Engineer (Ansible/Terraform)
Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced IBM MQ Administrator with Automation expertise in Ansible and Terraform to manage support and automate enterprise messaging infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be responsible for IBM MQ administration platform reliability infrastructure automation configuration management and implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices across distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• IBM MQ Administration
• Install configure upgrade and maintain IBM MQ Queue Managers on Linux/Unix and Windows platforms.
• Create and manage Queue Managers Queues Channels Listeners Clusters and Client Connections.
• Perform MQ migration patching and version upgrades.
• Monitor MQ infrastructure performance capacity and availability.
• Troubleshoot MQ-related issues including channel failures message backlogs queue depth issues and connectivity problems.
• Configure MQ security using SSL/TLS certificates CHLAUTH rules OAM permissions and authentication mechanisms.
• Implement High Availability (HA) Disaster Recovery (DR) and clustering solutions.
• Support production incidents and participate in on-call rotations.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks for IBM MQ deployment configuration patching and operational tasks.
• Create Terraform modules to provision infrastructure across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Automate provisioning of servers MQ environments security policies and monitoring integrations.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated MQ deployments and configuration updates.
• Standardize infrastructure deployment using Infrastructure as Code best practices.
• Automate health checks monitoring reporting and operational workflows.
• Cloud & DevOps Integration
• Support MQ deployments in cloud environments such as AWS Azure or GCP.
• Integrate MQ infrastructure with DevOps tools and platforms.
• Work with Kubernetes/OpenShift environments for containerized MQ deployments.
• Collaborate with application middleware and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable messaging solutions.
• Monitoring & Support
• Configure monitoring tools such as Splunk Dynatrace AppDynamics Grafana Prometheus or IBM Monitoring.
• Analyze logs and performance metrics for proactive issue resolution.
• Ensure system availability reliability and compliance with organizational standards.
• Create operational runbooks and technical documentation.
  

Required Skills

• IBM MQ
• 5 years of hands-on IBM MQ Administration experience.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Queue Managers
• Queues
• Channels
• Clusters
• SSL/TLS Security
• MQ Client Connectivity
• HA/DR Configurations
• MQ Troubleshooting
• Automation
• Strong experience with Ansible:
• Playbooks
• Roles
• Inventories
• AWX/Ansible Tower
• Strong experience with Terraform:
• Modules
• State Management
• Workspaces
• Provisioning Infrastructure
• Operating Systems
• Linux (RHEL preferred)
• Unix
• Windows Server Administration
• Scripting
• Shell Scripting (Bash)
• Python (preferred)
• PowerShell (optional)
• DevOps Tools
• Git/GitHub/GitLab
• Jenkins/Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Docker
• Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Monitoring & Logging
• Splunk
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• ELK Stack
• AppDynamics/Dynatrace
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Banking Financial Services or Capital Markets environments.
• Experience managing mission-critical enterprise messaging platforms.
• Knowledge of Kafka or other messaging middleware technologies.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).
• IBM MQ certification is a plus.
• Red Hat OpenShift experience preferred.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced production support environment.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
  
• Education
  Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related field.
  Relevant IBM MQ Red Hat or Cloud certifications are preferred.