Senior IBM MQ Administrator

Toronto, ON, Canada

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Job type: Contract
Apply by: Nov 29, 2026
Experience: 10.00 Years of Experience
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 30, 2026

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Role: Senior IBM MQ Administrator

Location: Onsite – Toronto, ON

Duration: Long term

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

IBM MQ (v9.x) administration

MQ objects

Incident management

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

Years of Experience:

10.00 Years of Experience

Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

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Parthasarathy K

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Responsibilities

Administer, install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot IBM MQ in a Linux environment, including MQ objects, distributed queuing, listeners, certificates, logging, and clustering. Support disaster recovery exercises, automate repetitive tasks with shell scripts, and collaborate with project teams to design and establish application messaging connections.

Requirements

The role requires 10 years of experience and strong IBM MQ v9.x administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational support skills. Candidates should understand networking and MQ security and certificates, and have strong communication, documentation, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities; knowledge of MQ appliances, MQ IPT, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, or Kafka is beneficial.

Skills

IBM MQ Administration
MQ Object Configuration
Incident Management
Queue Managers
Channels
Topics
Queues
MQ Monitoring
Distributed Queuing
Linux
Shell Scripting
Networking
Certificate Management
Disaster Recovery
WebSphere MQ
Problem Solving

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