Systems Engineer - II

Varite • Richmond, VA

109d

About The Position

At the intermediate level, an IBM MQ administrator should be proficient in configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting IBM MQ across multiple environments, including high-availability (HA) and clustering.

Requirements

• Proficiency in IBM MQ configuration and administration.
• Experience with high-availability and clustering setups.
• Knowledge of advanced security practices including SSL/TLS and LDAP integration.
• Ability to perform performance tuning for IBM MQ environments.
• Experience in scripting for automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for complex messaging issues.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with application development and support related to IBM MQ.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Splunk, or Nagios.

Responsibilities

• Managing distributed queue managers, advanced channel configurations, and multi-instance queue managers.
• Setting up and managing HA environments, queue manager clusters, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
• Implementing SSL/TLS encryption, OAM security policies, and integrating LDAP for authentication.
• Optimizing queue manager and channel configurations for high throughput and low latency.
• Developing scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automated monitoring and maintenance.
• Diagnosing complex messaging failures, dead-letter queues, and performance bottlenecks using tools like dmpmqmsg, strmqtrc, dspmqtrc.
• Understanding how applications interact with IBM MQ, including JMS and REST API.
• Using IBM MQ monitoring tools (IBM MQ Explorer, Prometheus, Splunk, or Nagios) to track queue performance and generate alerts.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees