Mainframe MQ Engineer

TechDigital Group; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions firm is seeking an experienced professional with at least 5 years in IBM MQ support. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with MQ on z/OS, including maintaining QMGRs and related objects. Knowledge of MQ on IBMi and distributed platforms is preferred, along with proficiency in MQ Monitoring solutions for performance tracking. The role involves application development experience and familiarity with IBM CP4I and various monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in IBM MQ support.
• Hands on experience with MQ on z/OS; creating and maintaining QMGRs and objects.
• Experience with MQ Monitoring solutions for real-time and historical status.

Skills

IBM MQ support

MQ on z/OS

MQ on IBMi

MQIPT on Distributed platforms

Application development

Containers

IBM CP4I

z/OS, ISPF, JCL

DB2, CICS, IMS

MQ Monitoring solutions

MQ dashboarding tools

IBM SMF data

Change management

Job description

Job Details

• At least 5 years of experience in IBM MQ support.
• Hands on experience with MQ on z/OS; creating and maintaining QMGRs and objects (queues, channels, etc.).
• Experience with MQ on IBMi (preferred).
• Experience with/knowledge of MQ and MQIPT on Distributed platforms (preferred).
• Understanding of how applications work with MQ (APIs).
• Application development experience (preferred).
• MF Operations experience (preferred).
• Basic knowledge of containers and IBM CP4I (preferred).
• Proficiency with z/OS, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, JES, PDSE, VSAM, and related utilities.
• Understanding of/experience with SMP/E DB2, CICS, IMS, Network/TCPIP, MF Automations - OPS/MVS, as they relate to MQ.
• Experience with MQ Monitoring solutions for real-time and historical perspectives on status, trouble shooting, tuning, and trending.
• Experience with MQ dashboarding tools (Prometheus/Grafana, Ironstream/Splunk).
• Experience with IBM SMF data for statistical analysis.
• Experience with change, incident, problem, request, configuration item, event, and oncall management.
• Experience with MQ PLM, upgrades, maintenance, testing, implementations, integration.
• Experience with Queue Sharing Groups (QSGs), Coupling facilities, Coupling Facility Structures (CFStructs), Shared Message Data Sets (SMDS), SCM (flash memory); shared queueing.