MQ Administration

About the role

Hansen Talent Group is looking for an MQ Administrator to support a remote z/OS team. The ideal candidate will have in-depth experience managing middleware on z/OS infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, and update the MQ environment to ensure it meets client and operational requirements.
• Create, manage, and troubleshoot queues to support reliable communication flows across the system.
• Monitor system health, identify bottlenecks, and provide performance tuning as needed.
• Provide regular system testing and address any production issues.
• Apply security rules and manage user groups per federal regulations and company policies.
• Implement and maintain monitoring systems.
• Apply patches, fix packs, and perform version upgrades.
• Set up high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) environments.
• Create detailed documentation for work and change requests, ensuring audit readiness.

Requirements

• In-depth experience supporting IBM MQ middleware infrastructure and system health.
• Experience working with MQ on z/OS.