IBM MQ Administrator
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Position: IBM MQ Administrator
Location: Toronto, On
Skills
- IBM MQ (v9.x) administration
- MQ objects
- Incident management
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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Patrick Fernandez
Talent Acquisition Group - Strategic Recruitment Manager
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Responsibilities
Administer, install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot IBM MQ environments, including queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, certificates, logging, and clustering. Support incidents, disaster recovery exercises, and application connectivity projects, using scripting and monitoring tools to maintain reliable messaging services.
Requirements
The role requires strong IBM MQ v9.x administration and operational support experience in a Linux environment, along with knowledge of networking, security, certificates, and MQ connectivity. Strong problem-solving, communication, teamwork, and documentation skills are expected; knowledge of MQ appliances, IBM MQ IPT, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, and Kafka is beneficial.
Skills
- IBM MQ Administration
- MQ Object Configuration
- Incident Management
- Linux
- MQ Monitoring
- Distributed Queuing
- Shell Scripting
- Networking
- MQ Security and Certificates
- Disaster Recovery
- WebSphere Application Server
- ServiceNow
- Dynatrace
- Kafka
- Troubleshooting
- Technical Documentation
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Hiring contact
Patrick Fernandez
Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- IBM MQ
- IBM MQ v9.x
- Linux
- WebSphere MQ
- Queue Managers
- Queues
- Channels
- Topics
- Listeners
- Distributed Queuing
- Client/Server
- MQ Explorer
- Shell Scripting
- MQ Certificates
- MQ Logging
- Dead Letter Queues
- MQ Clustering
- Disaster Recovery
- WebSphere Application Server
- ServiceNow
- Incident Management
- Dynatrace
- Kafka
- Networking
- Application Connectivity
- MQ Appliances
- IBM MQ IPT