Job Type: Contract
Job Category: IT

Job Description

Job Title: Mainframe MQ Engineer
Location: Alpharetta, GA – Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)

6-12 Months Contract (Possible Extension)

 

Interview Process: 2 rounds (detailed + technical). Candidate must be able to attend onsite interviews.

 

About the Department: Enterprise Technology & Services (ETS) provides shared technology services supporting business applications and end users across the firm. ETS oversees the full software development lifecycle—from coding and testing to release management, monitoring, and production support for 3,000+ applications. ETS also delivers workplace technologies (desktop, mobile, voice, video, productivity, intranet/internet) on a secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure spanning datacenter, network, cloud, compute, storage, and database services.

 

 

Position Details: s a Mainframe MQ Systems Programmer, you will be responsible for end-to-end MQ engineering and operations in a large-scale 24x7 Sysplex environment. This includes supporting multi-queue managers, high-volume applications, and batch/CICS integration. You will also collaborate with distributed MQ engineering and operations teams while ensuring high availability, performance, and security of the MQ environment.

This role requires strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills. On-call support and occasional maintenance outside regular hours will be required.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and configure IBM MQ resources (channels, queues, etc.).
  • Support MQ in large Sysplex environments with data sharing and high availability.
  • Perform MQ software maintenance, tuning, monitoring, and problem determination.
  • Interface with IBM Support and application development teams (batch & CICS).
  • Conduct performance and capacity planning; develop trending and performance reports.
  • Participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and testing.
  • Support custom in-house tools (MQI wrapper, enhanced CICS trigger monitor, channel security exits).
  • Develop internal tools (JCL, REXX, etc.) to streamline MQ support functions.

 

Required Skills

  • IBM MQ administration in large Sysplex environments.
  • MQ Data Sharing, high availability, performance tuning & monitoring.
  • Experience with Sysview for MQ, CA tools, and Neumics Analyzer.
  • Knowledge of z/OS functions (APF, Link list, LPA, VSAM).
  • Familiarity with Java, Kafka, and MQ Confluent Connectors in mainframe environments.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

 

Desired Skills

  • Experience with CICS TS v6.1+.
  • SMP/E knowledge.
  • External security integration (RACF & CA-Top Secret) with MQ.
  • Application programming experience to support developer teams.
  • COBOL knowledge from an application perspective.

 

Required Skills
Cloud Security Engineer DevOps Security Engineer SRE Engineer (Site Reliability/Resiliency)

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