MQ Administrator

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Job Description # MQ Administrator Apply
** Job#: 3044824
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* Job Description:

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* Qualifications:

** 5-10 years of MQ administration experience

Skills for MQ (Message Queue) Administrator Position Technical Skills Core MQ Knowledge
• IBM MQ (Web Sphere MQ) administration and configuration
• Queue manager creation, configuration, and management
• Channel setup and management (sender, receiver, server, client)
• Clustering and distributed queuing
• Message persistence and delivery guarantees
• Dead letter queue handling and poison message management

Platform & OS Skills
• Unix/Linux administration (AIX, Red Hat, SUSE)
• Windows Server administration
• Shell scripting (bash, ksh, Power Shell)
• File system management and permissions

Networking & Security
• TCP/IP networking fundamentals
• SSL/TLS certificate management
• Port configuration and firewall rules
• LDAP integration
• Authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Message encryption and security protocols

Monitoring & Troubleshooting
• Performance monitoring and tuning
• Log analysis and debugging
• Queue depth monitoring
• Channel status monitoring
• Error handling and resolution
• Capacity planning

Related Technologies
• Message brokers (IBM Integration Bus, Apache Kafka)
• Middleware platforms
• Database basics (for message persistence)
• Application servers (Web Sphere, JBoss, Tomcat)
• Cloud platforms (AWS MQ, Azure Service Bus)
Soft Skills
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Communication with development teams
• Documentation skills
• Time management and prioritization
• Team collaboration
• Incident management and on-call support

Certifications (Beneficial)
• IBM Certified System Administrator - MQ  
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