Required Skills and Experience
- 7+ Years of Mainframe MQ System Programmer
- Expertise in MQ for z/OS installation and upgrades (ShopzSeries, SMP/E).
- Strong troubleshooting skills using MQ command line and monitoring tools.
- Experience with MQ Explorer, Tivoli, Omegamon, SYSVIEW, BMC MainView, MQATTACH, ICC.
- Knowledge of security configurations, workload management, and automation scripting.
- Install, configure, and maintain WMQ and associated system software.
- Monitor system performance & availability, implementing necessary tuning.
- Perform system backups, recovery, and troubleshooting for MQ issues.
- Develop automation scripts for monitoring, alerting, and issue resolution.
- Ensure security compliance and implement security best practices for MQ.
- Design clustering and workload balancing for high availability.
- Support on-call rotations for extended-hour coverage.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- MQ upgrade from one version to another version in z/os.
- Administration of various MQ objects in Mainframe MQ.