Lead IBM MQ & Messaging Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and life insurance

Pension / Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care

Hybrid work model (3 onsite / 2 remote

Job summary

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is hiring a Lead Systems Engineer – Messaging Platforms to modernize and operate our IBM MQ and ACE ecosystem across AWS and OpenShift environments.

You will partner with application, platform, and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure messaging services with strong HA/DR, observability, and automation. Hybrid work model and ongoing professional development are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience supporting enterprise messaging or middleware platforms, with strong depth in IBM MQ.
• Experience supporting mission‑critical production systems in large‑scale or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of IBM MQ and App Connect Enterprise (ACE) across AWS cloud and OpenShift‑based container platforms.
• Drive platform modernization through containerization, automation, and cloud-native patterns.
• Install, configure, and manage IBM MQ queue managers supporting high availability and disaster recovery architectures.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and MQ platform deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Chef, and Ansible.
• Integrate MQ build, deployment, and configuration workflows into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor, tune, and optimize messaging performance using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and MeshIQ (APM6).
• Troubleshoot complex messaging, connectivity, and performance issues across hybrid and cloud environments.
• Implement and manage IBM MQ security controls, including TLS/SSL, CHLAUTH, and LDAP integration.
• Partner closely with application, platform, and operations teams to deliver reliable and scalable messaging solutions.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and runbooks, and support knowledge transition to operations teams.

Skills

IBM MQ

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Linux

SRE

TLS/SSL

LDAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

MeshIQ

IBM App Connect Enterprise

Job description

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is hiring a Lead Systems Engineer – Messaging Platforms to modernize and operate our IBM MQ and ACE ecosystem across AWS and OpenShift environments.

You will partner with application, platform, and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure messaging services with strong HA/DR, observability, and automation. Hybrid work model and ongoing professional development are offered.