IBM MQ Administrator

IBM MQ Administrator

Max rate – 45-48/hr CAD

Onsite - Toronto

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

• IBM MQ (v9.x) administration
• MQ objects
• Incident management

The following responsibilities are expected to be performed by the MQ Administrator (Linux based environment)

• Solid knowledge of IBM MQ (v9.x) administration, maintenance, troubleshooting and operational support.
• Create and modify MQ objects such as Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
• Configuring WebSphere MQ Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
• Monitoring and maintaining Queue Managers, Queues, Topics, Channels, and Listeners.
• Create MQ objects on local and remote MQ servers.
• Enable triggering on MQ Queues.
• Configure and implement Distributed Queuing in Client/Server environments.
• Install and configured latest versions of IBM MQ.
• Configure and monitor MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups.
• Monitor MQ using MQ Explorer and configured MQ Explorer Monitoring tool.

• Participate in MQ DR exercises.

• The following responsibilities are expected to be performed by the MQ Administrator (Linux based environment)
• Solid knowledge of IBM MQ (v9.x) administration, maintenance, troubleshooting and operational support.
• Create and modify MQ objects such as Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
• Configuring WebSphere MQ Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
• Monitoring and maintaining Queue Managers, Queues, Topics, Channels, and Listeners.
• Create MQ objects on local and remote MQ servers.
• Enable triggering on MQ Queues.
• Configure and implement Distributed Queuing in Client/Server environments.
• Install and configured latest versions of IBM MQ.
• Configure and monitor MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups.
• Monitor MQ using MQ Explorer and configured MQ Explorer Monitoring tool.
• Participate in MQ DR exercises.
• Use shell (batch) scripting for repetitive tasks, schedulers.
• Understanding basic networking requirements to establish MQ connectivity
• Understanding security settings, different type certificates on Queue manager, channel levels. Be able to install new and renew existing certificates.
• Understanding different types of logging in WAS and MQ
• Working with project teams on new application connections, analyzing and preparing best fitting messaging solutions.
• Good communication skills & well versed with group work, strong problem solving with documentation

Beneficial knowledge:

• IBM MQ Appliances
• IBM MQ IPT
• ServiceNow: Incident management, CR submission, tasks management and closing.
• Dynatrace monitoring
• Knowledge of Kafka technology