IBM MQ System Administrator

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🦌 Connecticut – Remote

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⌨️ Systems Administrator

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Unisys

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1980

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2020-10

Consulting • Logistics • Artificial Intelligence

Unisys is a global technology solutions company that specializes in providing digital workplace solutions, cloud and applications services, enterprise computing, logistics optimization, and consulting. Leveraging artificial intelligence, Unisys accelerates productivity and drives innovation by offering cutting-edge solutions that enhance the efficiency of businesses and public services. The company collaborates with leading organizations worldwide to create tailored AI models and digital experiences that secure and improve business processes, ultimately realizing the full potential of AI. Unisys also plays a key role in logistics optimization using quantum computing and data analytics to enhance capacity utilization and route planning. Emphasizing cybersecurity and compliance, Unisys ensures a secure business environment for its clients.

📋 Description

• Design, configure, and support IBM MQ clusters • Manage workload balancing, high availability, cluster maintenance, and cluster troubleshooting • Set up and support IBM MQ Managed File Transfer (MFT) • Perform routine MQ maintenance, including log management, queue manager tuning, security maintenance, backups/restores, patching, and performance tuning • Plan, execute, test, and validate MQ version upgrades, including rolling upgrades in clustered environments • Automate MQ administration, deployments, monitoring alert actions, log analysis, environment deployments, and health checks using PowerShell and Linux shell scripting • Implement and manage MQ monitoring solutions using enterprise tools, MQ APIs, command-line tools, and custom scripts • Debug MQ applications by analyzing message flows, diagnosing blocked or orphaned connections, resolving delivery delays, interpreting MQRC errors, and tracing root causes • Advise application teams on MQ best practices, message flow optimization, and integration design • Maintain configuration standards, operational procedures, and upgrade/migration guides

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience designing, configuring, and supporting IBM MQ Clusters, including workload balancing, high availability, cluster maintenance, and troubleshooting cluster-specific issues • Proficiency with IBM MQ Managed File Transfer (MFT), including setup, agent configuration, resource monitors, coordination queue managers, and secure file movement design • Deep knowledge of MQ maintenance activities, including log file management, queue manager tuning, security configuration maintenance, backup/restore procedures, and patch application • Hands-on experience performing MQ version upgrades, including multi-node upgrade planning, compatibility testing, rolling upgrades in clustered environments, and post-upgrade validation • PowerShell scripting experience for automating administrative tasks in Windows-based MQ environments • Linux shell scripting proficiency, including bash and ksh, for MQ automation, log analysis, environment deployments, and cluster routines • Ability to build automated routines for MQ deployments, monitoring alert actions, and MQ health checks • Ability to develop custom monitoring scripts leveraging MQ APIs or command-line tools • Advanced MQ application debugging skills, including message flow analysis, diagnosing blocked or orphaned connections, resolving message delivery delays, interpreting MQRC error codes, and tracing root causes in distributed environments • Solid understanding of messaging patterns and MQ security, including TLS, CHLAUTH rules, and connection authentication • Experience working in enterprise environments requiring strict change control • Ability to collaborate with application teams on MQ best practices, message flow optimization, and integration design • Strong documentation skills for configuration standards, operational procedures, and upgrade/migration guides • Applicant should be eligible for any required U.S. Government authorizations for access to export-controlled commodities and technology

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment commitment • Reasonable accommodation assistance for US job seekers with disabilities or other barriers