Mainframe MQ Infrastructure Engineer

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services institution is seeking a Mainframe MQ Infrastructure Engineer in Knutsford. The role involves building and maintaining reliable infrastructure systems while collaborating cross-functionally. Candidates should have experience with MQ on z/OS, problem diagnosis skills, and the ability to implement automation. This full-time position values innovation and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining infrastructure platforms.
• Ability to manage risk and strengthen controls.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Omegamon and Elastic.
• Understanding MQ bridges to Kafka.
• Ability to collaborate across teams using data-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain infrastructure solutions.
• Monitor IT infrastructure for potential issues.
• Develop automation for improved efficiency.
• Implement secure configurations and protect infrastructure from cyber threats.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects and engineers to align IT infrastructure with business goals.

Skills

Installation, configuration and upgrading experience of MQ on z/OS

Experience in problem diagnosis of channel errors, message delays and dead-letter queues

Experience with monitoring tools such as Omegamon and Elastic

Performance evaluation using SMF/MQ statistic data

Understanding of MQ bridges such as MQ to Kafka

Tools

Omegamon

Elastic

MQ to Kafka

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Purpose of the role

To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response.

Accountabilities

• Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
• Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
• Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
• Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
• Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach.
• Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Mainframe MQ Infrastructure Engineer the purpose of your role is to To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure.

To be successful as a Mainframe MQ Infrastructure Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Installation, configuration and upgrading experience of MQ on z/OS. Queue Manage setup and maintenance, understanding of queue sharing groups and clustering
• Experience in problem diagnosis of channel errors, message delays and dead-letter queues.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Omegamon and Elastic.
• Performance evaluation using SMF/MQ statistic data.
• Understanding of MQ bridges such as MQ to Kafka

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

Location of this role is Knutsford

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

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