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Job Title: IBM MQ Administrator
Job Location: Richmond, VA
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
We are looking for IBM MQ Administrator for our client in Richmond, VA
Job Title: IBM MQ Administrator
Job Location: Richmond, VA
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
- Manage and maintain IBM MQ infrastructure to ensure reliable message delivery and system performance. The role involves configuration, administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and securing messaging environments across multiple platforms.
- IBM MQ administration and configuration.
- Queue manager creation, configuration, and management.
- Channel setup and management including sender, receiver, server, and client channels.
- Clustering and distributed queuing.
- Message persistence and delivery guarantees.
- Dead letter queue handling and poison message management.
- Unix/Linux administration including AIX, Red Hat, and SUSE.
- Windows Server administration.
- Shell scripting using Bash, KSH, and PowerShell.
- File system management and permissions.
- TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
- SSL/TLS certificate management.
- Port configuration and firewall rules.
- LDAP integration.
- Authentication and authorization mechanisms.
- Message encryption and security protocols.
- Performance monitoring and tuning.
- Log analysis and debugging.
- Queue depth and channel status monitoring.
- Error handling and issue resolution.
- Capacity planning.
- Experience with message brokers such as IBM Integration Bus and Apache Kafka.
- Knowledge of middleware platforms.
- Basic understanding of databases for message persistence.
- Experience with application servers including WebSphere, JBoss, and Tomcat.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS MQ and Azure Service Bus.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Effective communication with development teams.
- Documentation skills.
- Time management and prioritization.
- Team collaboration.
- Incident management and on-call support.
- IBM Certified System Administrator MQ certification preferred.
- 5 to 10 years of experience in IBM MQ administration.