Infrastructure Engineer IBM MQ

About the role

Location: Charlotte, NC – Onsite W2 contract. Lead or participate in high‑level technical concepts spanning technology and business, develop specifications for complex infrastructure systems, design and test solutions, contribute to testing of business, application and technical infrastructure requirements, drive solutions to reduce recovery, review and analyze cloud security, secrets management and key rotations, design, code, test, debug and document programs using Agile practices, design complex system upgrades, resolve troublesome trends, develop long‑range plans to prevent recurring problems, direct daily risk and control flow of operations, and collaborate with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in high‑level technical concepts spanning technology and business
• Develop specifications for complex infrastructure systems, design and test solutions
• Contribute to the testing of business, application and technical infrastructure requirements
• Drive solutions to reduce recovery
• Review and analyze solutions for cloud security, secrets management and key rotations
• Design, code, test, debug and document programs using Agile development practices
• Design complex system upgrades
• Resolve troublesome trends as they develop
• Develop a long range plan designed to resolve problems and prevent them from recurring
• Direct the daily risk and control flow of operations, focusing on policies, procedures and work standards to ensure success
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience (or equivalent via work, training, military, education)
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience at scale on Middleware Messaging environments (IBM MQ, IBM Message Broker (ACE/IIB), Kafka, Solace) – administration: build, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, deployment, configuration, patching, compliance
• 4+ years of Middleware Production Support on Linux and/or Mainframe platforms
• Ability to interact with all levels of an organization, including leadership
• Strong team or technical leadership experience
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Skills

• Experience configuring MQ Queue Managers and troubleshooting MQ Cluster issues
• Creating, configuring, and maintaining MQ Objects (Queue Managers, Queues, Channels, Listeners, Topics)
• Good understanding of MQ monitoring tools (e.g., IR360)
• Hands‑on experience with IBM ACE/IIB
• Experience with Kafka Connect – workers and connectors (Source and Sink)
• Ability to troubleshoot Authentication and Authorization issues
• Experience with SSL certificate management
• Experience using Ansible jobs