MQ z/OS Infrastructure Engineer – Hybrid Role

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

28 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an Infrastructure Specialist zMQ to join our mainframe MQ team in a hybrid setup across Edinburgh, Manchester or Leeds. The role focuses on maintaining and evolving MQ services, while embracing automation and DevOps to drive platform modernisation.

You will work with stakeholders to deliver the technology roadmap, connect MQ with emerging platforms and contribute to secure, reliable messaging for customers in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of MQ infrastructure on z/OS.
• Experience of MQ system performance tuning, diagnosis and problem resolution.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting business-critical online systems.
• Experience working with Transport Layer Security (TLS).
• An interest in automation, innovation and the evolution of mainframe technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and support for complex MQ environments operating to demanding service levels.
• Contribute to the development of the z/OS MQ roadmap and support the evolution of our platform and engineering capabilities.
• Work closely with stakeholders and customers to support the delivery of the technology roadmap, ensuring service and customer outcomes remain at the heart of everything we do.
• Support and contribute to modern engineering practices, including automation, DevOps and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate across middleware, infrastructure and engineering teams to explore and implement innovative solutions, integrating mainframe technologies with emerging platforms and capabilities.
• Support standardisation, simplification and operational excellence while ensuring processes and controls are adhered to.

Skills

MQ expertise

z/OS MQ

DevOps practices

Automation

Mainframe technologies

Tools

TLS

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an Infrastructure Specialist zMQ to join our mainframe MQ team in a hybrid setup across Edinburgh, Manchester or Leeds. The role focuses on maintaining and evolving MQ services, while embracing automation and DevOps to drive platform modernisation.

You will work with stakeholders to deliver the technology roadmap, connect MQ with emerging platforms and contribute to secure, reliable messaging for customers in a fast-paced environment.