Mainframe IBM zMQ Engineer - z/OS
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Edinburgh, Leeds, Halifax or Manchester
Working hours: Standard business hours with out of hours support and deployments required
Onsite requirements: Hybrid working with onsite presence as required - Out of hours on call is potentially required
Engagement Type: Contract - Inside IR35
Day Rate: £550 per day
Right to Work: Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.
Atrium is supporting a client of ours within the financial services industry who is seeking an experienced IBM MQ Administrator to join their mainframe middleware team.
Job Overview
You will deliver complex technical support and project delivery across the organisations IBM MQ estate on z/OS, with a strong focus on incident resolution, problem management and system stability. The role supports critical platforms across multiple business divisions including digital, payments, retail and insurance, while contributing to technology improvements and strategic initiatives. This position includes participation in out of hours deployments and migrations.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide technical support across complex MQ environments to tight timescales
Deliver incident, problem and change resolution across critical systems
Drive delivery against the technology roadmap with key stakeholders
Enforce standardisation and support continuous improvement initiatives
Collaborate across wider middleware teams to develop and implement processes
Deliver changes through RTL into production under governance independently
Ensure strict adherence to operational processes and procedures
Perform change and support activities outside business hours when required
Work with IT Security to maintain MQ product security
Maintain service stability, resilience and optimisation
REQUIREMENTS
Min 5 years + administration experience of **IBM Message Queue (MQ) v9.x on z/OS
IBM MQ clustering experience
Operational experience using z/OS panels and MQ Explorer
Experience implementing and supporting TLS
Experience supporting and troubleshooting online systems
Strong diagnostic and analytical skills across complex technical environments
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