Remote IIB & MQ Platform Engineer (ACE, Kubernetes)

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within the U.S.

Office in Minneapolis area (min 4 days

Job summary

Optum is seeking an IIB and MQ Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and support enterprise integration services using IBM ACE/IIB and MQ. You will architect message flows, develop telemetry dashboards, and implement secure API connectivity across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role requires strong Java, Python, Docker, and Kubernetes skills, plus experience with monitoring tools and CI/CD pipelines. Remote work is available nationwide with in‑office requirements in some locations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software or systems engineering handling enterprise messaging and integration infrastructure.
• 3+ years with Java/Spring Boot.
• 3+ years with Python and React development.
• 2+ years with Ansible, Docker, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes.
• 1+ year with Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, and databases (MySQL, DB2).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy integration services using IBM ACE/IIB.
• Troubleshoot IIB issues with upstream and downstream teams.
• Develop dashboards in Grafana and Splunk for telemetry and status reporting.
• Build apps to manage MQ systems using Python, Java, React, Go, Docker, and GitHub Actions.
• Implement proactive monitoring with GitHub Actions, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
• Manage IBM MQ configurations (local/remote/cluster queues, SSL/TLS, firewall rules).
• Configure REST APIs and MQ API setups for cloud and on‑prem connectivity.
• Support DB2 and MySQL databases and on‑call incident response.

Skills

IIB/ACE design

MQ administration

Java

Python

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Grafana

Splunk

Prometheus

API development

Security concepts (OAuth, JWT)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

IBM MQ

IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Splunk

Prometheus

Python

Java

Job description

Optum is seeking an IIB and MQ Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and support enterprise integration services using IBM ACE/IIB and MQ. You will architect message flows, develop telemetry dashboards, and implement secure API connectivity across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role requires strong Java, Python, Docker, and Kubernetes skills, plus experience with monitoring tools and CI/CD pipelines. Remote work is available nationwide with in‑office requirements in some locations.