Mainframe IBM MQ Engineer
Hafiz SaiyedUnited StatesMIDPosted 12d ago
IBM MQz/OSCICSIMSRACFJCLTCP/IPREXXTSO/ISPFSDSFSMP/ESysplexQueue Sharing GroupsAutomationMonitoringCA7TWSDRBusiness ContinuityManaged File Transfer
About the Role
We are looking for a Mainframe IBM MQ Engineer to join our team and support highly available, business-critical mainframe environments.
Key Responsibilities
• Install, configure, administer, and support IBM MQ on z/OS
• Manage queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, and transmission queues
• Configure and troubleshoot MQ clusters and distributed queuing
• Monitor queue depths, channel status, and overall MQ health
• Resolve production issues: channel failures, message delivery problems, connectivity and authorization errors
• Perform root cause analysis and support recovery and restart activities
• Support upgrades, migrations, patching, HA and DR requirements
• Integrate MQ with CICS and IMS applications
• Partner with RACF/security teams on channel authentication, TLS, and access controls
• Tune performance and maintain JCL, automation, and documentation
• Participate in change, incident, and problem management, including on-call support
Requirements
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ for z/OS
• Solid knowledge of queue managers, local/remote queues, channel initiators, dead letter queues, MQ clustering, security, logging, and recovery
• Strong z/OS and JCL experience
• Good understanding of TCP/IP and network connectivity
• Proven production support and problem determination skills in high-volume environments
• Familiarity with change, incident, and problem management processes