MQ Administrator

Bi3 Careers; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bi3 Careers is seeking a Senior Information Technology Recruiter to support a large enterprise middleware infrastructure as an MQ Administrator. The role requires an expert understanding of IBM MQ and managing integrations. It is based in Philadelphia, requiring on-site work twice a week, and applicants must be U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IBM MQ administration required.
• Experience with clustered MQ environments.
• Strong communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Serve as MQ Admin SME across IBX infrastructure.
• Implement clustering and manage MQ security.
• Collaborate with a 6-person middleware team.

Skills

IBM MQ administration

Communication

Troubleshooting

Clustering and high availability

Tools

MuleSoft

API Gateway/Management

Kafka

Job description

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Summary

This MQ Administrator role supports a large enterprise middleware infrastructure, serving as the primary SME for IBM MQ. The position is responsible for managing asynchronous integrations between internal systems and external partners, while also providing administrative support for IBM DataPower and overseeing infrastructure performance monitoring.

Note: This is not a Developer role. Candidates must have a middleware/infrastructure background with deep IBM MQ experience.

Required Technologies

Preferred: MuleSoft, API Gateway/Management (Apigee, Kong), Kafka or other messaging tools

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as MQ Admin SME across IBX infrastructure
• Implement clustering, multi-instance QMs, high availability
• Manage MQ security (SSL/TLS, access control)
• Troubleshoot message flows, DLQs, channel issues
• Apply patches/upgrades with minimal downtime
• Integrate MQ with monitoring tools like Dynatrace
• Perform backup/recovery and plan for DR
• Support IBM DataPower appliances
• Collaborate with 6-person middleware team (3 onshore, 3 offshore)
• Join triage calls to resolve integration issues (internal + partner-facing)
• Participate in low-volume on-call rotation (1 week every 6–7 weeks)

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IBM MQ administration
• Experience with clustered MQ environments
• MQSC scripting command knowledge
• Strong communication; comfortable leading support calls
• API/Mulesoft experience a plus but not required

Location: Philadelphia, PA (on-site 2x/week)

Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Engineering, and Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care, Insurance, and Technology, Information and Media

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