Mainframe MQ Engineer

Mainframe MQ Engineer

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Remote)

At least 5 years of experience in IBM MQ support.

Hands on experience with MQ on z/OS; creating and maintaining QMGRs and objects (queues, channels, etc.)

Experience with MQ on IBMi (preferred).

Experience with/knowledge of MQ and MQIPT on Distributed platforms (preferred).

Understanding of how applications work with MQ (API's).

Application development experience (preferred).

MF Operations experience (preferred).

Basic knowledge of containers and IBM CP4I (preferred).

Proficiency with z/OS, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, JES, PDSE, VSAM, and related utilities.

Understanding of/experience with SMP/E DB2, CICS, IMS, Network/TCPIP, MF Automations - OPS/MVS, as they relate to MQ.

Experience with MQ Monitoring solutions for real-time and historical perspectives on status, trouble shooting, tuning, and trending.

Experience with MQ dashboarding tools (Prometheus/Grafana, Ironstream/Splunk).

Experience with IBM SMF data for statistical analysis.

Experience with change, incident, problem, request, configuration item, event, and oncall management.

Experience with MQ PLM, upgrades, maintenance, testing, implementations, integration.

Experience with Queue Sharing Groups (QSGs), Coupling facilities, Coupling Facility Structures (CFStructs), Shared Message Data Sets (SMDS), SCM (flash memory); shared queueing.

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.