Middleware Administrator - MQ
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Greater Toronto Area, Canada, Canada
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Job Title: IBM MQ Administrator
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Duration: Contract
Rate: CAD$50-55/hr INC
Job Description:
The following responsibilities are expected to be performed by the MQ Administrator (Linux based environment)
- Solid knowledge of IBM MQ (v9.x) administration, maintenance, troubleshooting and operational support.
- Create and modify MQ objects such as Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
- Configuring WebSphere MQ Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
- Monitoring and maintaining Queue Managers, Queues, Topics, Channels, and Listeners.
- Create MQ objects on local and remote MQ servers.
- Enable triggering on MQ Queues.
- Configure and implement Distributed Queuing in Client/Server environments.
- Install and configured latest versions of IBM MQ.
- Configure and monitor MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups.
- Monitor MQ using MQ Explorer and configured MQ Explorer Monitoring tool.
- Participate in MQ DR exercises.
- Use shell (batch) scripting for repetitive tasks, schedulers.
- Understanding basic networking requirements to establish MQ connectivity
- Understanding security settings, different type certificates on Queue manager, channel levels. Be able to install new and renew existing certificates.
- Understanding different types of logging in WAS and MQ
- Working with project teams on new application connections, analyzing and preparing best fitting messaging solutions.
- Good communication skills & well versed with group work, strong problem solving with documentation
Beneficial knowledge:
- IBM MQ Appliances
- IBM MQ IPT
- ServiceNow: Incident management, CR submission, tasks management and closing.
- Dynatrace monitoring
- Knowledge of Kafka technology
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Responsibilities
Administer, install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot IBM MQ in a Linux environment, including queue managers, queues, channels, topics, listeners, certificates, and clustering. Support disaster recovery exercises, automate repetitive tasks with shell scripts, and collaborate with project teams to establish application connections and suitable messaging solutions.
Requirements
The role requires solid knowledge of IBM MQ v9.x administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational support, along with familiarity with Linux, networking, security, certificates, and MQ logging. Strong communication, problem-solving, documentation, and teamwork skills are expected; knowledge of MQ appliances, MQ IPT, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, and Kafka is beneficial.
Skills
- IBM MQ Administration
- MQ Troubleshooting
- Queue Manager Configuration
- MQ Channels
- MQ Queues
- MQ Topics
- Distributed Queuing
- Linux
- Shell Scripting
- MQ Monitoring
- MQ Clustering
- Certificate Management
- Networking
- Disaster Recovery
- WebSphere Application Server
- Kafka
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Keywords
- IBM MQ
- IBM MQ v9.x
- WebSphere MQ
- Linux
- Queue Managers
- Channels
- Topics
- Queues
- Listeners
- Channel Initiators
- Trigger Monitors
- MQ Logging
- Dead Letter Queues
- MQ Clustering
- Distributed Queuing
- MQ Explorer
- Shell Scripting
- Schedulers
- Networking
- Certificates
- WebSphere Application Server
- Disaster Recovery
- IBM MQ Appliances
- IBM MQ IPT
- ServiceNow
- Dynatrace
- Kafka
- Incident Management
- Application Connectivity
- Messaging Solutions