Senior IBM MQ Engineer

Role: Engineer

Required Skills: AWS | IBM Websphere MQ

Experience: 8 - 10 Years

Function: TECHNOLOGY

Apply By: 2026-12-23

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• IBM MQ administration and migration; z/OS/mainframe MQ; distributed IBM MQ on AWS EC2; queue managers; MQSC; queues, channels, remote and transmission queues; name lists; PROCESS/INITQ and triggering; MQ routing; TLS/mTLS; certificates and keystores; MQ authorities/security; HA/failover; troubleshooting; migration rehearsal, cutover and rollback.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on migration of IBM MQ queue managers and associated objects from the mainframe environment to IBM MQ on AWS EC2.
• Assess and validate the existing MQ landscape, including queue managers, queues, channels, routing, triggers, security configurations and application dependencies.
• Export, recreate, reconcile and validate MQ objects including queues, channels, transmission queues, remote queues, namelists, PROCESS/INITQ definitions and authorities.
• Rebuild and validate inter-queue-manager routing, application connectivity, EKS-facing channels and external/partner connectivity.
• Configure and validate IBM MQ environments on AWS EC2 in alignment with the approved architecture and HA design.
• Migrate MQ security configurations, including TLS/mTLS, certificates, keystores/truststores, channel ciphers and authorities.
• Develop reusable MQSC/scripts for MQ object creation, migration, comparison and validation.
• Troubleshoot MQ routing, channel, security, certificate, triggering and message-flow issues during migration and testing.
• Coordinate with application, AWS infrastructure, network, security, testing, operations and rehosting teams during integration and migration activities.
• Lead/support migration readiness, deployment activities, validation, contingency planning and post-production stabilization.
• Support object reconciliation, defect resolution, operational runbooks, knowledge transfer and transition to steady-state support.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Strong stakeholder coordination, technical problem-solving, production cutover ownership, communication and documentation skills. Ability to work across application, infrastructure, cloud, security, network and operations teams.

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Salary Range-$100,000-$130,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto& Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.