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Job Description: IBM MQ System Administrator
Job Title: IBM MQ System Administrator
Location: 100% Remote (United States)
Job Type: Full-time
Citizenship Requirement: US Citizens Only
Clearance Requirement: No Security Clearance required (Background check and drug test required)
Position Summary
The IBM MQ System Administrator manages enterprise messaging infrastructure across distributed environments. This role focuses on IBM MQ cluster operations, Managed File Transfer (MFT), routine maintenance, patching, performance tuning, and version upgrades. The position also involves automating administrative tasks using PowerShell and Linux shell scripts, establishing monitoring capabilities, and troubleshooting message-flow issues and MQ reason-code (MQRC) errors.
Key Responsibilities
1. IBM MQ Administration & Operations
• Design, configure, operate, and troubleshoot IBM MQ clusters with a focus on workload distribution, resiliency, high availability, and routine maintenance.
• Deploy and support IBM MQ Managed File Transfer (MFT), including agent setup, resource monitors, coordination queue managers, and secure transfer setups.
• Perform ongoing platform upkeep: log management, queue manager tuning, security maintenance, patch application, and backup/recovery procedures.
• Plan and execute end-to-end MQ version upgrades across multiple nodes, including compatibility checks, rolling cluster upgrades, and post-upgrade validation.
2. Scripting & Automation
• Develop PowerShell scripts to streamline Windows-based MQ administration, provisioning, and health checks.
• Write Linux shell scripts (Bash, KornShell) for system operations, log analysis, environment deployments, and cluster upkeep.
• Build automated deployment routines, health-check utilities, and repeatable operational workflows.
3. Monitoring & Troubleshooting
• Implement enterprise MQ monitoring solutions and build custom utilities using MQ APIs and command-line tooling.
• Investigate and resolve application messaging issues, trace message flow paths, address stalled sessions, reduce delivery latency, and resolve MQRC errors.
4. Security, Collaboration & Documentation
• Apply messaging architecture and security best practices, including TLS, CHLAUTH rules, and connection authentication.
• Work closely with application and integration teams on messaging flows, efficiency, and interface design within enterprise change-management frameworks.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, configuration records, operating procedures, and migration/upgrade guides.
Required Skills & Qualifications
• Messaging Platforms: Advanced experience with IBM MQ cluster configuration, operational support, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• File Transfer: Hands-on experience configuring, monitoring, and supporting IBM MQ Managed File Transfer (MFT).
• Platform Maintenance: Demonstrated experience with patching, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and multi-node version upgrades.
• Scripting: Proficiency in PowerShell (Windows) and Linux Shell Scripting (Bash/KornShell) for operational automation.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Expertise in MQ monitoring toolsets, custom script development, message-flow analysis, and MQRC error resolution.
• Security: Solid understanding of MQ security mechanisms (TLS, CHLAUTH, authentication protocols).
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