Senior Ibm Mq Administrator

End Client: Leading Enterprise Client
About the Role
Our consulting client is seeking an experienced IBM MQ Administrator to provide administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational support for IBM MQ v9.X in a Linux-based environment. The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience managing MQ objects, supporting messaging infrastructure, resolving incidents, and ensuring reliable connectivity across application environments.Responsibilities
Perform IBM MQ (v9.X) administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational support in a Linux-based environment.Create and modify MQ objects, including Queue Managers, Channels, Topics, and Queues.Configure WebSphere MQ Queue Managers, Channels, Topics, and Queues.Monitor and maintain 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 configure the latest versions of IBM MQ.Configure and monitor MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups.Monitor IBM MQ using MQ Explorer and configure MQ Explorer Monitoring tools.Participate in MQ Disaster Recovery (DR) exercises.Use shell (batch) scripting for repetitive tasks and schedulers.Understand basic networking requirements to establish MQ connectivity.Manage security settings and different types of certificates at Queue Manager and channel levels, including installing new certificates and renewing existing certificates.Understand different types of logging in WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and MQ.Work with project teams on new application connections, analyzing and preparing the best-fitting messaging solutions.Demonstrate strong communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and documentation skills.Required Skills / What You Bring
Hands-on experience administering IBM MQ v9.X in a Linux-based environment.Strong knowledge of MQ objects, including Queue Managers, Channels, Topics, and Queues.Experience with incident management, troubleshooting, and operational support.Experience configuring and monitoring MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups.Knowledge of Distributed Queuing in Client/Server environments.Experience with shell (batch) scripting and schedulers.Understanding of MQ connectivity, networking, security settings, and certificate installation and renewal.Experience with MQ monitoring tools, including MQ Explorer.Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and documentation skills.Beneficial Knowledge
IBM MQ AppliancesIBM MQ IPTServiceNow: Incident management, CR submission, tasks management, and closing
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