Mainframe Support – MQ Engineer

Dataconsol Private Limited; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dataconsol Private Limited is seeking a Mainframe MQ Engineer to support IBM MQ environments on z Systems and IBMi platforms, ensuring availability and performance.

Responsibilities include managing queue managers, MQ objects, integrations, monitoring, upgrades, documentation, and incident support, with on-call rotations and disaster recovery exercises.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with IBM MQ environments.
• Experience with MQ on z/OS including queue manager configuration.
• Experience with MQ on IBMi environments (preferred).
• Knowledge of MQIPT and distributed MQ environments.
• Understanding of application integration using MQ APIs.
• Experience with z/OS tools: ISPF, JCL, SDSF, JES, PDSE, VSAM.
• Experience with SMP/E, DB2, CICS, IMS, and TCP/IP networking concepts.
• Experience with MQ monitoring and performance tools.
• Experience with MQ dashboard tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Ironstream.
• Experience analyzing SMF data for system statistics.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for IBM MQ environments on z/OS and IBMi platforms.
• Create and maintain Queue Managers and MQ objects such as queues and channels.
• Support application integrations using MQ APIs.
• Troubleshoot production messaging issues and provide solutions.
• Monitor MQ environments for performance, availability, and reliability.
• Support MQ upgrades, patching, maintenance, and lifecycle management.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Design and maintain messaging flows and architecture diagrams.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support incident resolution.
• Support disaster recovery exercises and ensure system readiness.

Skills

IBM MQ support

z/OS MQ

IBMi MQ

MQIPT

MQ APIs

z/OS tools

DB2/CICS/IMS/TCP/IP

MQ monitoring tools

Prometheus/Grafana/Splunk

SMF data analysis

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Ironstream

Job description

The Mainframe MQ Engineer is responsible for supporting IBM MQ environments on z Systems and IBMi platforms. This role involves maintaining messaging infrastructure, troubleshooting MQ issues, supporting application integrations, and ensuring system availability and performance.

Positions: 02

Location: USA

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for IBM MQ environments on z/OS and IBMi platforms.
• Create and maintain Queue Managers and MQ objects such as queues and channels.
• Support application integrations using MQ APIs.
• Troubleshoot production messaging issues and provide solutions.
• Monitor MQ environments for performance, availability, and reliability.
• Support MQ upgrades, patching, maintenance, and lifecycle management.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Design and maintain messaging flows and architecture diagrams.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support incident resolution.
• Support disaster recovery exercises and ensure system readiness.

Technical Skills:

• Hands-on experience with IBM MQ support.
• Experience with MQ on z/OS including queue manager configuration.
• Experience with MQ on IBMi environments (preferred).
• Knowledge of MQIPT and distributed MQ environments.
• Understanding of application integration using MQ APIs.
• Experience with z/OS tools including ISPF, JCL, SDSF, JES, PDSE, and VSAM.
• Experience with SMP/E, DB2, CICS, IMS, and TCP/IP networking concepts.
• Experience with MQ monitoring and performance tools.
• Experience with MQ dashboard tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Ironstream.
• Experience analyzing SMF data for system statistics.

Additional Skills:

• Experience with MQ alerting, automation, and monitoring configurations.
• Knowledge of MQ clustering and point-to-point messaging.
• Experience with MQ triggering to CICS, IMS, or z/OS systems.
• Experience with shared queue groups, coupling facilities, and SMDS.
• Experience with MQ logging including active and archive logs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with vendor support teams for troubleshooting.
• Ability to use AI tools to analyze system data and recommend improvements.
• Ability to use M365 Copilot for meeting summaries and communication.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with IBMi commands, menus, and automation tools.
• Experience with IBMi Integrated File Systems, jobs, logs, and libraries.
• Experience with IBMi high availability solutions such as Mimix replication.
• Experience supporting secure government environments such as FISMA.

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