IBM MQ Admin

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; Owings Mills (MD); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. has an immediate opening for an IBM MQ Admin in Owings Mills, MD. This 12-month contract offers hybrid work, long-term potential, and the opportunity to shape how messaging runs across development, test, and production environments.

The role demands hands-on MQ and ACE administration, Linux, scripting, and strong problem-solving skills to support security, deployment, monitoring, and incident response.

Qualifications

• IBM MQ architecture, administration, and troubleshooting expertise.
• Experience with Linux/Unix server environments.
• Experience administering IBM MQ in cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong scripting for automation and operational support.
• 7 years of enterprise messaging platform experience.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer IBM MQ environments across development, stage, and production.
• Manage MQ objects: queue managers, queues, channels, listeners.
• Support IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) environments and deployments.
• Monitor performance, availability, and capacity of MQ systems.
• Handle on-call support and incident response for production issues.

Skills

IBM MQ

Linux

Shell

Tools

IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

Job description

Immediate need for a talented IBM MQ Admin. This is a 12 Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Owings Mills, MD (Hybrid).

Job ID: 26-24026

Pay Range: $60 - $65/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and administer IBM MQ environments across development, stage, and production.
• Create, manage, and maintain queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, and other MQ objects.
• Support and maintain IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) environments, including integration servers, message flows, BAR file deployments, and runtime support.
• Monitor MQ system performance, availability, and capacity to ensure optimal operation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve MQ and ACE related issues including connectivity, message delivery, channel failures, and performance bottlenecks.
• Perform upgrades, patches, fix packs, and migrations for IBM MQ environments.
• Support message flow deployment and promotion activities across environments in alignment with change management and release processes.
• Implement and maintain security configurations, including SSL/TLS, authentication, authorization, and certificate management.
• Work closely with application teams, infrastructure teams, and vendors to support integration and messaging requirements.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard procedures.
• Participate in on-call support and incident response for production issues.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Must have skills: IBM MQ, Linux, Shell
• 7 years of enterprise messaging platform experience.
• Proven experience as an IBM MQ & ACE Administrator or in a similar middleware support role.
• Hands-on experience supporting or administering IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) in development, test, or production environments.
• Strong knowledge of IBM MQ architecture, administration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Linux/Unix server environments.
• Familiarity with message queuing concepts, distributed systems, and middleware technologies.
• Experience with MQ security, including SSL/TLS and user access controls.
• Knowledge of scripting for automation and operational support.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of high availability and clustering solutions.
• Experience administering IBM MQ in cloud or hybrid cloud environments, including deployment, configuration, monitoring, and support of messaging services across on-premises and cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud-native or managed messaging deployments and containerized MQ implementations in platforms such as AWS, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, meshIQ and Splunk.

Our client is a leading Financial services Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.

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