Infrastructure Specialist (IBM MQ on Z/OS) - Edinburgh (Hybrid) - Inside IR35

Senior Infrastructure Specialist (IBM MQ on z/OS)

Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid, 2-3 days onsite per week is needed)

Support: 24x7 on call rota and occasional out of hours changes

Duration: 6-12 months Rolling Contract

THIS PROJECT IS INSIDE IR35

We are looking for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Specialist with strong hands-on expertise in IBM MQ on z/OS to support and maintain a business critical Mainframe messaging environment

Key Responsibilities

• Configure & administer IBM MQ within a z/OS environment
• Install, patch, configure & troubleshoot IBM MQ on z/OS
• Carry out problem determination and performance tuning
• Configure MQ security and manage SSL within the MQ environment.
• Define and manage Queue Sharing Groups
• Gather and analyse MQ statistics and accounting data
• Troubleshoot MQ applications and messaging performance issues
• Support data transfer to and from host systems
• Work directly with vendors during complex incidents and problem investigations
• Participate in 24x7 on call support and out of hours changes when required

Required Skills

• Strong hands on experience with IBM MQ on z/OS
• Dynatrace
• IBM MQ installation, administration, patching and configuration
• MQ troubleshooting and performance tuning
• MQ security & SSL management
• Queue Sharing Groups
• Analysis of MQ statistics and accounting data
• ServiceNow
• Jira
• Experience working with vendors on incident and problem determination.

Candidates must be able to attend the Edinburgh site 2-3 days per week.