IBM MQ System Administrator

Job DescriptionJob Role: Senior Practice \Technical SpecialistLocation : San Antonio TX Job Description

• We are seeking a highly skilled IBM App Connect Enterprise ACE and IBM MQ System Administrator to join our IT infrastructure team.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for installing, configuring, administering, and maintaining IBM Integration Bus IIBACE and IBM MQ environments across multiple platforms.
• This role ensures high availability, performance, and security of integration systems that connect enterprise applications and services., * Install, configure, and maintain IBM ACE formerly IIB and IBM MQ on Windows, Linux, or UNIX environments.
• Configure message flows, integration nodes, queues, queue managers, channels, and topics.
• Set up high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) environments.

Administration Support

• Manage day to day operations, performance tuning, and troubleshooting of IBM ACEMQ environments.
• Implement and maintain monitoring solutions using tools like IBM MQ Explorer, ACE Toolkit, or third party systems.
• Apply patches, fix packs, and perform version upgrades.
• Monitor message queues, error logs, and transaction integrity.

Security Compliance

• Implement SSLTLS certificates for secure communication.
• Define user roles, security groups, and access controls for MQ and ACE.
• Ensure compliance with IT security policies and audit requirements.

Automation & Scripting

• Develop and maintain shell scripts or PowerShell scripts for automation of administrative tasks.
• Integrate IBM ACE/MQ with CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
• Incident & Change Management
• Provide 24x7 production support on a rotational basis.
• Participate in change, incident, and problem management processes.
• Collaborate with development, middleware, and network teams for issue resolution.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3-8 years of experience in administering IBM MQ and IBM ACE/IIB environments.
• Strong understanding of message queuing concepts, integration patterns, and SOA architectures.
• Proficiency in UNIX/Linux shell scripting and basic networking concepts.

• Hands-on experience with:

• Queue manager clustering and HA
• MQ security (SSL, authentication, and authorization)
• ACE node and execution group administration
• Knowledge of DevOps, Jenkins, or Ansible is a plus.

Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimization skills