Mainframe MQ Engineer

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CTC Role ~ Must be local or travel distance to Alpharetta, GA ~ Final round will be in-person

Job Title:                     IBM MQ Engineer with Mainframe

End Client:                  Morgan Stanley (Finance Industry)

Work Location:          Onsite Hybrid – Alpharetta, GA

Interview Mode:       2 Video Sessions followed by In-person

Duration:                    12 months

Rate:                           DOE

Visa:                           No OPT, CPT, TN

Engagement Term:      Once your candidate is officially confirmed, AQYRA will connect the employer with the prime vendor, with the placement fee (hourly rate) paid by the employer company to AQYRA

Skills kept in BOLD are required, please review the below JD with your candidate and submit matching profiles

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of IT background with ability define IBM MQ resources (channels, queues, etc)
• Strong knowledge of MQ Data Sharing in a large Sysplex environment
• Understanding of High Availability concepts
• Perform MQ software maintenance
• Ability to perform problem determination as well as interface with IBM Support
• Knowledgeable in MQ Performance & Tuning as well as MQ Monitoring
• Support performance and capacity planning including the development of performance and trending reports
• Familiar with Disaster Recovery procedures & tests
• Support in-house developed tools including wrapper for the MQI, enhanced CICS trigger monitor, and channel security exits.
• Knowledge of Sysview for MQ, CA-Neumics Analyzer
• Understanding of zOS functions such as: APF, Link list, LPA, VSAM
• Familiar with Java, Kafka and MQ Confluent Connectors in the Mainframe environment
• Ability to develop internal tools via JCL, REXX, etc.
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Nice to have – Familiarity with CICS TS V6.1+
• Nice to have – SMP/E knowledge
• Nice to have – Knowledge of external security (RACF & CA-Top Secret) as related to MQ
• Nice to have – Prior Application programming experience to support application development teams
• Nice to have – Knowledge of Cobol from an application point of view

Key Responsibilities:

• The Mainframe MQ Systems Programmer will be responsible for all phases of MQ engineering and MQ operation functions.
• Work with MQ in a 24×7 large scale Sysplex environment (multi-queue managers, high volume, large number of applications) and must be able to support application developers in the use of MQ in batch and CICS environments.
• Individual will also interface with the distributed MQ engineering and operations teams.
• The MQ Engineer should have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills.
• Periodic on-call support and maintenance outside of normal working hours are needed to support the MQ environment and to resolve issues.