Senior MQ & ACE Engineering Leader | Enterprise Integration

CVS Health; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering to lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of enterprise messaging platforms. You will guide teams responsible for IBM MQ and IBM ACE, ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency across mission-critical environments.

You will partner with Application Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, Security, and Enterprise Architecture to define roadmaps and governance, driving modernization and automation while building

Qualifications

• 7+ years supporting enterprise integration, middleware, messaging, or platform engineering environments within large‑scale organizations.
• 5+ years leading engineering, platform, infrastructure, or technology teams with accountability for delivery, operations, and talent development.
• 5+ years administering, architecting, and optimizing IBM MQ environments, including performance tuning, resiliency, troubleshooting, and operational support.
• 4+ years designing, developing, and supporting IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) or IBM Integration Bus (IIB) solutions across complex enterprise integration landscapes.
• 3+ years implementing high‑availability architectures, disaster recovery capabilities, DevOps automation, CI/CD practices, and hybrid or cloud‑based integration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering, operations, modernization, and continuous improvement of enterprise IBM MQ and IBM ACE platforms, ensuring reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Define and execute the MQ and ACE platform strategy, roadmap, standards, and governance in partnership with engineering, infrastructure, security, and architecture stakeholders.
• Drive platform automation, operational efficiency, performance optimization, capacity planning, disaster recovery readiness, and continuous service improvement through modern engineering practices.
• Lead, coach, and develop high‑performing engineering teams while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships, support models, technology lifecycle planning, and delivery of complex enterprise integration initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IBM MQ

IBM ACE

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering to lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of enterprise messaging platforms. You will guide teams responsible for IBM MQ and IBM ACE, ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency across mission-critical environments.

You will partner with Application Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, Security, and Enterprise Architecture to define roadmaps and governance, driving modernization and automation while building