IBM MQ System Engineer V

Messaging Administrator (Contractor)

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Primary Skill: IBM MQ, IIB, Websphere MQ, Kafka, TIBCO Secondary: mesh IQ, Atrium Orchestrator, Splunk, Dynatrace

Experience:

Minimum 7 Years

Roles & Responsibilities The Messaging Administrator (Contractor) provides operational, technical, and platform support for enterprise messaging technologies across IBM MQ, Confluent Kafka, IBM Integration Bus (IIB), and TIBCO. This role is part of the Messaging Production Support Team and is primarily focused on IBM MQ administration, while also contributing to support for Kafka and TIBCO platforms as needed. The administrator will ensure stability, reliability, and high performance of messaging environments running across Linux Windows.

Hands on experience designing, building, and administering:

• IBM MQ (primary required skill)
• IBM Integration Bus (IIB)
• Confluent Kafka
• TIBCO Rendezvous (RV)
• TIBCO EMS
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across distributed systems.
• Experience supporting production environments in a 24x7 on call rotation.
• Proficiency with Linux and Windows operating systems in enterprise settings.
• 5 years of experience.
• Familiarity with middleware tools and supporting technologies, including:
• meshIQ Navigator
• Atrium Orchestrator
• Dynatrace
• Splunk
• JIRA
• Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python or shell scripting for automation.
• Strong understanding of monitoring strategies, operational metrics, and performance tuning.