MQ Platform Engineer

Title: MQ Platform Engineer

Type of Employment: 6 Month Contract to Hire only on w2

Work Environment: 3 days on-site required (Tues-Wed-Thr)

Location:

• 1041 West Valley Road Wayne Pennsylvania 19087 - STRONG PREFERENCE
• 2525 Water Ridge Pkwy Charlotte NC 28217
• 7900 Windrose Ave Plano Texas 75024

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to design build and operate a distributed MQ platform that enable engineering teams to deliver business applications safely reliably and at scale. This role focuses on designing implementing and supporting a IBM MQ environment and platform to meet business needs while identifying improvements and resolving performance issues; it emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams and participation in special ideal candidate brings practical experience with Linux RHEL systems virtualization multi-cloud environments infrastructure-as-code concepts security best practices and automation tools such as Terraform supported by strong troubleshooting skills.

Project/Team/Role Details

Overview

• S2-S3 levelIBM MQ Engineersupporting mission-critical messaging infrastructure
• Role blendsstrategic engineering hands-on incident responsedue to platform criticality
• MQ supports major internal systems and external B2B integrations (high-impact environment)

Core Responsibilities

• Ownership of IBM MQ platform (running on Linux)
• Support:
  • Internal messaging systems
  • External B2B integrations (financial partners)
• Troubleshooting major incident response (more hands-on than other roles)
• Lifecycle roadmap planning

Platform & Roadmap

• Current state:
  • Distributed MQ on Linux
  • Must remain on-prem (near-term requirement)
• Future state:
  • Build AWS-based MQ environment
  • Shift toInfrastructure as Code automated deployments (1-3 year roadmap)

MQ Engineer Hard Requirements

• Deep hands-on IBM MQ expertise (non-negotiable)
• Strong incident response / troubleshooting skills in mission-critical environments
• Experience supporting MQ on Linux platforms
• Ability to manage high-severity incidents and crisis situations

Formal Job Description/Details

Core Responsibilities

• Designs implements and deploys platforms to support and meet business needs. Identifies recommends and implements opportunities for improvement and performance issue solutions.
• Design and delivers cloud infrastructure via infrastructure as code and pipeline automation to build and support scalable platforms using modern cloud technologies.
• Develops technical standards. Tests and evaluates technologies vendor products. Recommends vendor selections and new technologies.
• Deploy configure and support MQ server environments and core services
• Support global server environment including configuration performance troubleshooting and escalated issues.
• Participate in improving repeatability reliability and documentation of deployment processes.
• Work closely with senior engineers architects and crossfunctional teams (networking security endpoint service desk).
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
• 5 years of experience supporting MQ on Linux server and virtualization Platforms required.
• Working knowledge of IAC fundamentals.
• Experience supporting IBM MQ v9. .
• Familiarity with industry security principles and practices
• Basic experience with automation tools (Terraform or similar) required.
• Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills required.

Required Skills:

IBM MQ platformMQ platform