Job title: IBM MQ Administrator Location: AZ-US, CA-US, CO-US, GA-US, IL-US, KS-US, MD-US, MA-US, MN-US, MO-US, NY-US, NJ-US, NC-US, OH-US, OR-US, PA-US, SC-US, TX-US, UT-US, VA-US, WA-US, WV-US (Remote with travel/ Hybrid) Duration: 12+ Months contract (with possible extension) Qualifications: 5-10 years of MQ administration experience Skills for MQ (Message Queue) Administrator Position Technical Skills Core MQ Knowledge IBM MQ (WebSphere 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 Client scripting (bash, ksh, PowerShell) 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 (WebSphere, 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 - MQI
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