MQ Integration Engineer/Architect

Stefanini, Inc; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group is seeking a skilled MQ Integration Engineer/Architect to work from Richmond, VA in a hybrid setup. You will drive MQ-based integrations, architecture design, and cross‑functional collaboration across architects, engineers, business analysts, and service managers.

This role requires a strong MQ background, IaC experience with Terraform/Packer, and cloud/DevOps familiarity. The selected candidate will engage customers, build scalable solutions, and lead release activities.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of MQ Architect/Integration Engineer experience.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Packer) and AWS services.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to lead across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead MQ integration and IBM MQ/MFT implementations.
• Provide design documentation and architecture guidance.
• Coordinate with Architects, Engineers, BAs, and Service Managers across teams.

Skills

MQ Architecture

Terraform

Packer

AWS

CI/CD

Python

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Packer

Chef

Puppet

Ansible

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Job Details

Information Technology

MQ Integration Engineer/Architect

Richmond, VA

Job ID#: 64996

Job Category: Information Technology

Position Type: Contract

Duration: Long Term

Remaining Positions: 1

Stefanini Group is hiring!

Stefanini is looking for a MQ Integration Engineer/Architect for various locations (Hybrid).

W2 candidates Preferred!

This is an exciting opportunity to work with and broadly apply your MQ engineering skills across various technology solution efforts, as well as build your skills in other areas by being exposed to various aspects from inception through design, build, and deployment. You will be a "jack-of-all-trades" - working cross-functionally with Architects, Engineers, Business Analysts, and Service Managers across multiple teams in a rapidly evolving environment - completing design documentation, consulting with other engineers and architects, completing network and server build requests, installing and configuring software, etc.

To be successful in this role, you must be an organized self-starter with stellar leadership and communication skills who can work independently, building relationships and driving technical solutions from inception to completion. This position requires the candidate to have strong MQ architect/integration experience and the candidate must be technically savvy, with a proven ability to work well in a highly dynamic environment and maintain a strong relationship with our customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• This is an Integration Engineer/MQ Architect role requiring deep, advanced knowledge of IBM MQ and IBM MFT
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC - Terraform, packer etc.) is required
• Experience in Cloud infrastructure and DevOps is required

Required Skills

• Ability to coordinate and work with diverse groups of subject matter experts
• Demonstrated initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to work effectively independently or in a team environment
• Strong analytical, collaboration, leadership, critical thinking, multitasking, and time management skills
• Customer/people-focused orientation that drives and informs engagement with partners, leadership, and peers
• Ability to influence successfully in a highly matrix or virtual organization
• Demonstrates independent thinking and decision-making abilities
• Ability to quickly receive and process information
• Judgment to elevate risk-based decisions appropriately

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of other technology solutions/products such as MQ Salesforce Bridge, Grafana
• Experience with Agile and DevOps in a cloud environment
• Practical experience and knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture, Microservices, and API
• Expertise in Application Server and Web Server architecture in a large enterprise environment
• Experience with both internally-facing integrations as well as externally-facing solutions

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Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field; or equivalent work experience

Technical Qualifications

• Candidates need 5-10 years of recent and related experience as an MQ Architect/Integration Engineer from Design through the Implementation of technical solutions
• Strongly prefer recent, demonstrable experience with automated build and system configuration tools such as Terraform, Packer, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc. Experience with Terraform is strongly preferred
• Experience with common AWS services such as S3, EC2, ASG, ELB, SFTP, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.
• AWS Certification and/or experience utilizing AWS services in a production environment is preferred
• Strong knowledge of high-availability, load-balancing, and failover configurations across application, infrastructure, and platform components
• Understanding of security design for enterprise software systems
• Proven ability to write clear and concise technical documents, including design documents, specifications, and technology roadmaps
• Preference for proven ability to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure environments
• Experience with source code management tools such as GIT, SVN, etc.
• Proven depth of knowledge and experience with Python scripting language
• Experience with a variety of other programming languages such as JSON, YML, Boto3, etc.
• Familiarity with the implementation of CI/CD pipelines and test automation within CI/CD is a plus

Listed salary ranges may vary based on experience, qualifications, and local market. Also, some positions may include bonuses or other incentives.

Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers.

About Stefanini Group:

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.

Pay Range:

$ 57.00 - $ 62.00