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Job Title: MQ AdministratorJob Location: Richmond, VAJob Duration: 12 Months (possibility of extension)Job Summary:
At the intermediate level, an client MQ administrator should be proficient in configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting client MQ across multiple environments, including high-availability (HA) and clustering. Technical Skills:
Advanced Configuration:
Managing distributed queue managers, advanced channel configurations, and multi-instance queue managers. High Availability & Clustering:
Setting up and managing HA environments, queue manager clusters, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies. Advanced Security:
Implementing SSL/TLS encryption, OAM security policies, and integrating LDAP for authentication. Performance Tuning:
Optimizing queue manager and channel configurations for high throughput and low latency. Integration & Automation:
Developing scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automated monitoring and maintenance. Advanced Troubleshooting:
Diagnosing complex messaging failures, dead-letter queues, and performance bottlenecks using tools like dmpmqmsg, strmqtrc, dspmqtrc. Application Support & Development Knowledge:
Understanding how applications interact with IBM MQ, including JMS and REST API. Monitoring & Alerting:
Using client MQ monitoring tools (client MQ Explorer, Prometheus, Splunk, or Nagios) to track queue performance and generate alerts.
At the intermediate level, an client MQ administrator should be proficient in configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting client MQ across multiple environments, including high-availability (HA) and clustering. Technical Skills:
Advanced Configuration:
Managing distributed queue managers, advanced channel configurations, and multi-instance queue managers. High Availability & Clustering:
Setting up and managing HA environments, queue manager clusters, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies. Advanced Security:
Implementing SSL/TLS encryption, OAM security policies, and integrating LDAP for authentication. Performance Tuning:
Optimizing queue manager and channel configurations for high throughput and low latency. Integration & Automation:
Developing scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automated monitoring and maintenance. Advanced Troubleshooting:
Diagnosing complex messaging failures, dead-letter queues, and performance bottlenecks using tools like dmpmqmsg, strmqtrc, dspmqtrc. Application Support & Development Knowledge:
Understanding how applications interact with IBM MQ, including JMS and REST API. Monitoring & Alerting:
Using client MQ monitoring tools (client MQ Explorer, Prometheus, Splunk, or Nagios) to track queue performance and generate alerts.