Location: 100% Remote - Continental US Preferred Time Zones: EST, CST, MTN Rate Type: W2 ONLY Compensation: Upto $75 per hr Length: 1 to 3 years We are looking for a hands-on MQ Middleware Administrator to work on a team responsible for designing, provisioning, and managing enterprise-level systems used by both internal and external customers. The ideal candidate will have a strong and proven track record of success in a similar role. Responsibilities: Serve as subject matter expert on IBM MQ/IIB/ACE/MQ MFT/MuleSoft, includes technical assistance to application developers on Middleware related problems Understand technology vision and strategic direction of business needs Production support 24/7 for a week, at least once a month Assess and make recommendations of best-practice solutions and/or new middleware and web technologies that will enhance the capabilities of the existing infrastructure. Participate product roadmaps in alignment with other middleware/cloud products and business roadmaps Participate in designing integrated solutions with design patterns, blueprints, guidelines, and standard methodologies for products Assist in developing architecture and design conceptual solutions by incorporating cloud native and 3rd party vendor products Participate in research and perform POCs (proofs of concept) with emerging technologies and adopt industry best practices, in the middleware space, for cloud migration and hybrid solutions Successfully troubleshoot production issues application developers can't resolve; may include writing build and deployment scripts Demonstrate automation as Infrastructure as code (IaC) to increase build efficiency in the cloud Support both rehydration and HA along with emerging processes and technologies Assist the development of validation and certification processes through automation tools Monitoring - monitor middleware performance and availability Demonstrate collaboration on projects and initiatives as a team member Qualifications: Key Skill: MQ, EMSS, ESB Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills Subject matter expertise in IBM Middleware products like MQ/IIB/ACE/MQ MFT and MuleSoft Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience; advance degree preferred 3+ years in design/support of MQ/IIB/ACE Middleware solutions Experience in cloud specific solutions related to middleware Hands on experience in one or more languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript Experience with other AWS middleware solutions including various compute and storage offerings Strong background in observability, networking, performance, and scalability. Experience with leveraging CI/CD pipelines and GitLab is a plus Hands on experience in Terraform, Python, Ansible and OS shell scripts including automation tools is a plus Must be familiar with Agile methodologies and able to work in an Agile manner Must have a very strong application development background Microservices experience is a plus Cloud Certification is a plus Containerized platform experience is a plus Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience is a plus Note: No 3rd party vendors or candidates US Citizenship Required #J-18808-Ljbffr
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