Mainframe MQ Engineer (Chandler-AZ/Plano-TX/Jersey City-NJ, Charlotte-NC)

Job Description

Mainframe MQ Engineer

Open for W2 and C2C arrangements

Location: Chandler, AZ; Plano, TX; Charlotte, NC; and Jersey City, NJ from Day 1 (Client prefer local folks)

Hybrid Schedule: 3 Onsite Days (Tue, Wed, Thur) and 2 Remote Days (Mon, Fri)

Duration: 6+ months, extendable

It is with Banking client with Implementation partner

Mode of Interview: 2 Rounds mostly In person

Job Description:

The Role:

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• Client is seeking an experienced Mainframe IBM MQ Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in IBM MQ for z/OS to support highly available, business-critical mainframe environments.
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• The successful candidate will be responsible for the administration, configuration, monitoring, performance, security, maintenance, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of IBM MQ infrastructure on z/OS.
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• The engineer will work closely with application, CICS, IMS, network, security, operations, and other mainframe infrastructure teams.
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Responsibilities:

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• Install, configure, administer, and support IBM MQ for z/OS environments.
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• Configure and maintain MQ queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, transmission queues, and other MQ objects.
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• Perform day-to-day administration and monitoring of MQ environments.
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• Configure and support distributed queuing and communication between queue managers. IBM identifies communication between queue managers and distributed queuing as part of MQ for z/OS configuration.
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• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot IBM MQ clusters.
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• Monitor queue depths, channel status, queue manager availability, message flow, and overall MQ infrastructure health.
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• Perform problem determination and root cause analysis for MQ-related production incidents.
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• Support MQ recovery and restart activities.
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• Support MQ upgrades, migrations, maintenance, patching, and lifecycle management.
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• Support high-availability and disaster-recovery requirements for MQ environments.
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• Configure and support MQ connectivity with mainframe applications, including CICS and IMS. IBM documents dedicated MQ adapters/bridges for interaction with both CICS and IMS.
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• Partner with RACF/security teams to implement and maintain MQ security.
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• Support channel authentication, connection authentication, TLS, and MQ access controls, where applicable. IBM documents channel authentication, TLS, security exits, and RACF access considerations for MQ for z/OS.
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• Analyze MQ performance and implement tuning recommendations.
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• Develop and maintain JCL, operational procedures, automation, and technical documentation.
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• Participate in production changes, implementations, incident management, and problem management.
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• Provide on-call and after-hours support for critical production issues when required.
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Required Qualifications:

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• Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ for z/OS
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• Strong experience with z/OS
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• Experience with JCL
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• Good understanding of TCP/IP and network connectivity
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• Experience with MQ problem determination and production support.
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• Experience supporting high-volume, business-critical mainframe environments.
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• Understanding of change, incident, and problem management processes.
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Troubleshoot production problems including:

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• Channel failures
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• Queue manager problems
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• Message delivery issues
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• Messages remaining on queues
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• Connectivity problems
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• Security/authorization failures
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• Application-to-MQ connectivity issues
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Strong knowledge of:

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• Queue Managers
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• Local and Remote Queues
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• Transmission Queues
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• MQ Channels
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• Channel Initiators
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• Listeners
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• Dead Letter Queues
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• Distributed Queuing
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• MQ Clustering
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• MQ security
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• MQ logging and recovery
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• MQ monitoring and troubleshooting
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Preferred Experience:

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• CICS / MQ integration
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• IMS / MQ integration
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• RACF
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• TCP/IP
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• REXX
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• TSO/ISPF
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• SDSF
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• SMP/E
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• Sysplex environments
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• MQ Queue Sharing Groups
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• Automation/monitoring tools
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• Enterprise scheduling tools such as CA7 or TWS
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• Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
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• Performance monitoring and capacity management
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• Managed File Transfer (MFT)
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Pay Range: $65/hr - $70/hr

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, and vision as well as 401K contributions.