Senior IBM MQ Administrator — Banking, High Availability

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life Insurance

HSA (Health Savings Account)

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Parental Leave

401(k)

PTO

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior IBM MQ Administrator to support a large enterprise banking environment. The role focuses on IBM MQ (WebSphere MQ) administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and production support in a secure government-related context.

The candidate will manage queue managers, channels, clustering, and message delivery on Unix/Linux platforms (RHEL and AIX), develop shell scripts, and ensure system reliability. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with 8 years of experience; or equivalent education/experience.
• Min 5 years of hands-on IBM MQ (WebSphere MQ) administration.
• Strong Unix/Linux admin experience (RHEL or AIX).
• Experience supporting IBM MQ in large, high-availability enterprise environments.
• Proficiency with queue managers, channels, clustering, and distributed messaging.
• Shell scripting experience (bash or ksh).
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking and SSL/TLS certificates.
• Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and performance monitoring.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot IBM MQ environments for enterprise applications.
• Manage queue managers, channels, clustering, and message delivery.
• Monitor queue depths, channel status, and system performance to ensure reliability.
• Troubleshoot MQ issues including failed transactions and dead letter queues.
• Perform MQ installations, upgrades, patching, and configuration changes.
• Administer Unix/Linux environments, especially RHEL and AIX.
• Develop shell scripts to automate tasks and monitoring.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates, authentication, authorization, and MQ security.
• Support incident resolution, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and operations teams; maintain documentation.

Skills

IBM MQ Administration

Unix/Linux Administration

Shell Scripting

Networking TCP/IP

Security & Certificates

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Associate's degree in Computer Science / IT

High school diploma/equivalent

Tools

Windows Server

PowerShell

IBM Integration Bus

Apache Kafka

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior IBM MQ Administrator to support a large enterprise banking environment. The role focuses on IBM MQ (WebSphere MQ) administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and production support in a secure government-related context.

The candidate will manage queue managers, channels, clustering, and message delivery on Unix/Linux platforms (RHEL and AIX), develop shell scripts, and ensure system reliability. U.S.