Harvard Partners Trusted IT Advisors is Hiring a MQ Architect Near Chicago, IL
As the MQ Architect, you will play a Key subject matter expert and leadership role in collaborating with Solutions Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, and Infrastructure Service Management teams in the architecture, design, and build of the IBM MQ messaging platform. Ideal candidate will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in MQ and RDQM cluster and its related components, and a self-motivated individual who works well with teams and independently with minimal supervision to achieve goals and project tasks.
Responsibilities & Qualifications:
Lead the deployment of the enterprise layout of the messaging platform as a blueprint
Installation and configuration of the new platform
Configuring or modifying the platform for optimization
Proactively monitoring the health of environment (tuning, and/or troubleshooting)
Configuring and managing the security of the platform.
High level of motivation in learning new technologies and software products and reviewing these technologies for enhancements to the current middleware environment.
Experience with Operations Management and IT standards, procedures, and policies
Expert level experience of IBM MQ standard-alone as well as RDQM HA cluster setup and configuration
Expert level experience with MQ horizontal/vertical Clustering
Strong ability to simplify & standardize complex concepts / processes
Understanding of business priorities (e.g., vision), trends (e.g., industry knowledge) and markets (e.g., existing/ planned)
Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills
Strong ability for problem solving / analytical skills, tools and techniques
Experience in troubleshooting MQ issues as well as other complex MQ and ACE issues
Great knowledge with MQ monitoring tools, such as Dynatrace
Knowledge and experience around automation (ansible is preferred)
Knowledge around Cloud and RedHat OpenShift (OCP and CP4I preferred)
Ability to drive and manage services vendor on production issues
Adaptability and ability to introduce / manage change with ServiceNow and JARI
SME on understanding of AIX/RedHat/Windows administration and including basic shell scripting
Bachelors Degree (Computer Science, MIS, or related degrees).