Delivery Consultant - zMQ & CICS

Job description

**Your Role and Responsibilities:** - Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain ****IBM MQ environments**** across z/OS and distributed platforms - Administer and manage ****queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, clustering, and security configurations**** - Provide support for ****CICS environments****, including basic troubleshooting, region monitoring, transaction analysis, and coordination with application teams - Develop and support ****integration solutions**** using MQ and CICS across enterprise applications - Work with MQ and CICS to support ****ISV products****, including ****OMEGAMON customization and monitoring enhancements**** - Monitor ****MQ and CICS infrastructure health, performance, and availability**** using enterprise monitoring tools - Troubleshoot MQ-related issues such as ****channel failures, queue buildup, connectivity problems, and performance bottlenecks**** - Perform ****CICS transaction analysis and debugging****, including handling abends and system issues - Implement ****capacity planning, tuning, and optimization**** for MQ and CICS environments - Implement and manage ****MQ security**** including SSL/TLS, CHLAUTH rules, OAM, and certificate management - Perform ****CICS region configuration and optimization**** to ensure efficiency and high availability - Collaborate with ****application, middleware, infrastructure, and support teams**** to ensure seamless messaging and transaction processing - Support ****production deployments, migrations, and maintenance activities**** - Ensure ****high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery readiness**** of MQ and CICS systems - Create and maintain ****operational documentation, standards, and procedures**** - Ensure compliance with ****organizational security, audit, and operational policies**** **Required Education:** Bachelor's Degree **Preferred education** Master's Degree **Required Technical and Professional Expertise:** - 410 years experience in ****IBM MQ and CICS administration/support**** - Strong hands-on experience with ****IBM MQ on z/OS and/or distributed platforms**** - Solid understanding of ****MQ architecture****, including queue managers, channels, clustering, and publish/subscribe - Experience in ****MQ installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades**** - Strong expertise in ****MQ troubleshooting and performance tuning**** - Knowledge of ****MQ security****: SSL/TLS, certificate management, CHLAUTH, and OAM - Working knowledge of ****CICS concepts****, including region operations, transactions, and basic system administration - Experience with ****CICS monitoring and troubleshooting**** (transaction failures, dumps, performance issues) - Familiarity with ****z/OS environment**** (JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF) - Experience in ****scripting/automation**** (REXX, Shell, Python, or Perl) - Familiarity with monitoring tools such as ****OMEGAMON, Tivoli, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or similar**** - Understanding of ****high availability, disaster recovery, and failover mechanisms**** - Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills **Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:** - Experience with ****IBM MQ on z/OS environments (advanced administration)**** - Exposure to ****CICS system programming or advanced administration activities**** - Knowledge of ****WebSphere Application Server (WAS), Kafka, or other integration/messaging platforms**** - Experience with ****DevOps tools and automation**** (Jenkins, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines) - Familiarity with ****Zowe CLI, modern mainframe tooling, or automation frameworks**** - Exposure to ****cloud platforms and containerized MQ deployments (OpenShift, Kubernetes)**** - Knowledge of ****RACF and mainframe security frameworks**** - Experience with ****REST APIs, MQ client connectivity, and hybrid integration patterns**** - Understanding of ****z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition and API enablement**** - Experience with ****event-driven architectures and streaming integrations**** - IBM MQ and/or ****CICS certifications**** are an added advantage - Experience in ****banking, financial services, or large enterprise environments**** - Ability to mentor junior team members and contribute to ****solution design and architecture discussions**** ****Years of Experience:**** 4 - 10