Technology Specialist - IT Service, Support and Operations | Java | Java - ALL

Expedite Talent Solutions; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedite Talent Solutions seeks an experienced IBM MQ & Solace SRE Engineer to ensure reliability of mission-critical messaging platforms within the SRE team. You will be responsible for automation, monitoring, incident management, and continuous service improvements to keep production systems healthy.

The role requires handling MQ environments, Solace PubSub+, and related tooling across Prod/UAT/DR with a strong emphasis on on-call readiness and incident response.

Qualifications

• 6–12 years of experience with IBM MQ and Solace environments.
• Strong production support and incident management experience.
• Experience with DR testing, capacity planning, and RCA.
• Familiar with ITIL and SRE best practices.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support IBM MQ and Solace environments (Prod/UAT/DR).
• Manage Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Clusters, Topics, VPNs, and Event Mesh.
• Perform troubleshooting, RCA, capacity planning, patching, upgrades, and DR testing.
• Drive SRE practices including SLO/SLI monitoring, automation, and operational excellence.
• Support major incidents, problem management, and 24x7 production operations.
• Develop automation scripts and improve platform observability.

Skills

IBM MQ

Solace PubSub+

Monitoring

Scripting

Linux/Unix

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Incident Management

Production Support

Tools

Splunk

Grafana

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

ELK

Job description

Required Skills

IBM MQ: Queue Managers, Clustering, Pub/Sub, SSL/TLS, HA/DR, MQ Appliance.

Description: Job Title : IBM MQ & Solace SRE Engineer

Vendor Rate: ***

Work Location: Phoenix, AZ (No remote, fully onsite)

Skill: IBM MQ and Solace

Experience: 6–12 Years

Location: Phoenix / Hybrid / Offshore

Role Summary

Seeking an experienced IBM MQ & Solace Engineer to support mission-critical messaging platforms within the SRE organization. Responsible for platform reliability, availability, automation, monitoring, incident management, and service improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support IBM MQ and Solace environments (Prod/UAT/DR).


• Manage Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Clusters, Topics, VPNs, and Event Mesh.


• Perform troubleshooting, RCA, capacity planning, patching, upgrades, and DR testing.


• Drive SRE practices including SLO/SLI monitoring, automation, and operational excellence.


• Support major incidents, problem management, and 24x7 production operations.


• Develop automation scripts and improve platform observability.

Required Skills

IBM MQ: Queue Managers, Clustering, Pub/Sub, SSL/TLS, HA/DR, MQ Appliance.

Solace PubSub+: Message VPNs, Topics, Queues, Event Mesh, HA/DR, JMS/AMQP/MQTT.

Monitoring: Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace/AppDynamics, ELK.

Scripting: Python, Shell, Ansible.

Platforms: Linux/Unix, Kubernetes/OpenShift (preferred).

Strong experience in Production Support, Incident Management, and Problem Management.

Preferred

Financial Services domain experience.

Exposure to Kafka, DataPower, Apigee, API Management, and Event-Driven Architectures.

Knowledge of ITIL and SRE best practices.

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