InfoStride ยท 4 months ago
Mainframe MQ Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid LevelInfoStride is focused on providing a strong, resilient, and stable platform for business innovation and growth. They are seeking a Mainframe MQ Engineer responsible for all phases of MQ engineering and operation functions, requiring strong analytical skills and the ability to support application developers in a large-scale Sysplex environment.
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Responsibilities
The Mainframe MQ Systems Programmer is responsible for all phases of MQ engineering and MQ operation functions
The candidate must be comfortable working with MQ in a 24x7 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
Qualification
Required
Defining IBM MQ resources (channels, queues, etc)
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
Preferred
Familiarity with CICS TS V6.1+
SMP/E knowledge
Knowledge of external security (RACF & CA-Top Secret) as related to MQ
Prior Application programming experience to support application development teams
Knowledge of Cobol from an application point of view
Company
InfoStride
InfoStride offers complete solutions from Talent & Workforce, app development & QA automation, digital & cloud for technology companies.
Founded in 2015
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
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