Senior IBM MQ & Middleware Engineer

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; Town of Bethlehem (NY); On-site; USD 86,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a senior middleware engineer to architect, deploy and operate enterprise messaging services. You will manage IBM MQ with high availability, clustering, disaster recovery, security hardening and production support.

You will integrate MQ with WebSphere Application Server, Apache Tomcat and IBM integration tooling, and automate provisioning using Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, GitHub or GitLab.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7+ years of middleware engineering or administration experience.
• Extensive IBM MQ v9.3/v9.4 expertise including install, config, upgrades, migrations, security hardening and production support.
• Strong experience with IBM MQ Native High Availability including deployment, administration, failover testing, troubleshooting, monitoring, patching, and production support.
• Experience designing and supporting high availability and disaster recovery architectures for enterprise messaging platforms.
• Experience with MQ clustering, distributed queuing, publish/subscribe, and enterprise messaging patterns.
• Expertise implementing end-to-end security for messaging and integration technologies.
• Experience integrating IBM MQ with IBM WebSphere Application Server, Apache Tomcat, IBM App Connect Enterprise or IBM Integration Bus, and enterprise Java applications.
• Strong working knowledge of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment and Apache Tomcat administration and support.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across MQ, WebSphere, Tomcat, Java Virtual Machines, application deployments, connectivity, performance, and security.
• Proficiency with Linux or Unix administration and shell scripting for automation and operational efficiency.
• Experience with DevOps and automation tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, GitHub, or GitLab.
• Exposure to Amazon Web Services and hybrid-cloud middleware architectures.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise-wide collaboration with application, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, compliance, network, and operations teams.
• Engineer and operate secure, resilient IBM MQ services, including Native High Availability, clustering, distributed messaging, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Administer and improve IBM WebSphere Application Server and Apache Tomcat platforms, including configuration, patching, upgrades, integrations, performance, and production support.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, validation, monitoring, and operational tasks using scripting, DevOps pipelines, and configuration-management tools.
• Lead technical troubleshooting for complex middleware incidents and problems, complete root-cause analysis, and implement durable corrective and preventive actions.
• Collaborate across application, infrastructure, cloud, network, cybersecurity, compliance, and operations teams to deliver middleware solutions aligned with enterprise standards, technology strategy, risk requirements, and business priorities.

Skills

Middleware engineering

Enterprise messaging

High availability design

Security engineering

Linux/Unix administration

Shell scripting

DevOps practices

Cloud familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / IT / engineering or equivalent

Tools

IBM MQ v9.3/v9.4

MQ Native High Availability

MQ clustering

WebSphere Application Server

Apache Tomcat

IBM App Connect Enterprise / IBM Integration Bus

Java apps

Linux/Unix scripting/tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Puppet

GitHub

GitLab

AWS

Job description

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a senior middleware engineer to architect, deploy and operate enterprise messaging services. You will manage IBM MQ with high availability, clustering, disaster recovery, security hardening and production support.

You will integrate MQ with WebSphere Application Server, Apache Tomcat and IBM integration tooling, and automate provisioning using Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, GitHub or GitLab.