Mainframe MQ Engineer (Contract)
New York, NY, United States (On-site)
Contract (11 months 30 days)
Published 17 hours ago
mq
mainframe
kafka
java

SKILLS DESIRED:

• Familiarity with CICS TS V6.1
• SMP/E knowledge
• Knowledge of external security (RACF & CA-Top Secret) as related to MQ? Prior Application programming experience to support application development teams
• Knowledge of Cobol from an application point of view
  The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $43.92/hour - $68.62/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
  Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.

WHAT YOU’LL DO IN THE ROLE:

• The Mainframe MQ Systems Programmer is responsible for all phases of MQ engineering and MQ operation functions.
• The candidate must be comfortable working with MQ in a 24x7 large scale Sysplex environment (multi-queue managers, high volume, large number of applications) and must be able to support application developers in the use of MQ in batch and CICS environments.
• Individual will also interface with the distributed MQ engineering and operations teams.
• The MQ engineer should have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills.
• Periodic on-call support and maintenance outside of normal working hours are needed to support the MQ environment and to resolve issues.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE:

• At least 4+ years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.
• Defining IBM MQ resources (channels, queues, etc)
• Knowledge of MQ Data Sharing in a large Sysplex environment
• Understanding of High Availability concepts
• Perform MQ software maintenance.
• Ability to perform problem determination as well as interface with IBM Support
• Knowledgeable in MQ Performance & Tuning as well as MQ Monitoring
• Support performance and capacity planning including the development of performance and trending reports.
• Familiar with Disaster Recovery procedures & tests
• Support in-house developed tools including wrapper for the MQI, enhanced CICS trigger monitor,
• and channel security exits.
• Knowledge of Sysview for MQ, CA-Neumics Analyzer
• Understanding of zOS functions such as: APF, Link list, LPA, VSAM
• Familiar with Java, Kafka and MQ Confluent Connectors in the Mainframe environment
• Ability to develop internal tools via JCL, REXX, etc.
• Excellent oral/written communication skills