Summary
Veteran Firm Seeking a Senior MQ Engineer for a Full-time Assignment in Annapolis Junction, MD
My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.
At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.
We seek to fill a Senior MQ Engineer role in Annapolis Junction, MD.
The ideal candidate is an Annapolis Junction, MD resident with an Active Secret security clearance, 12+ years of relevant work experience, 5+ years of Unix experience, 5+ years of DevOps or Infrastructure as Code experience, and an IBM System Admin for MQ certification.
If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.
Thanks,
Stephen M Hrutka
Principal Consultant
www.hruckus.com
Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Senior MQ Engineer to design, implement, and maintain the IBM MQ infrastructure that enables reliable and efficient messaging communication.
Position Description: Your role will involve configuring MQ objects, monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and providing technical expertise to support critical business applications.
Position Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain the IBM MQ infrastructure, including queue managers, channels, queues, and other MQ objects.
- Configure and manage MQ clustering, multi-instance queue managers, and high availability solutions to ensure message reliability and fault tolerance.
- Monitor and analyze MQ performance metrics, identify bottlenecks, optimizing configurations, and tuning MQ settings to enhance system efficiency.
- Provide technical guidance and support to application developers, assisting in the integration of applications with MQ messaging.
- Ensure the security and integrity of MQ infrastructure, implementing appropriate access controls, encryption, and auditing mechanisms.
- Perform capacity planning and forecasting to ensure scalability and performance of MQ infrastructure.
- Stay updated on the latest IBM MQ versions, patches, and industry best practices, making recommendations for upgrades and improvements.
- Document technical configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps for the MQ environment.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Active Secret Security clearance.
- 12+ years of relevant work experience required.
- At least 5+ years Unix experience required.
- At least 5+ years DevOps or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience required.
- Must be willing and able to meet on-call requirements, including participation in a rotational on-call schedule, if required.
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience preferred.
- Certified in IBM System Admin for MQ.
- Team player, fast learner with ability to work proactively and independently to support mission critical operations supporting geographically diverse locations.
- Candidates residing within a commutable distance for daily onsite work
Details:
Job Title: Senior MQ Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD (Onsite five days a week, can now be remote)
Clearance Requirement: Active Secret security clearance
Salary Range: $130,000.00 - $150,000.00
Job Description
Veteran Firm Seeking a Senior MQ Engineer for a Full-time Assignment in Annapolis Junction, MD
My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.
At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.
We seek to fill a Senior MQ Engineer role in Annapolis Junction, MD.
The ideal candidate is an Annapolis Junction, MD resident with an Active Secret security clearance, 12+ years of relevant work experience, 5+ years of Unix experience, 5+ years of DevOps or Infrastructure as Code experience, and an IBM System Admin for MQ certification.
If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.
Thanks,
Stephen M Hrutka
Principal Consultant
www.hruckus.com
Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Senior MQ Engineer to design, implement, and maintain the IBM MQ infrastructure that enables reliable and efficient messaging communication.
Position Description: Your role will involve configuring MQ objects, monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and providing technical expertise to support critical business applications.
Position Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain the IBM MQ infrastructure, including queue managers, channels, queues, and other MQ objects.
- Configure and manage MQ clustering, multi-instance queue managers, and high availability solutions to ensure message reliability and fault tolerance.
- Monitor and analyze MQ performance metrics, identify bottlenecks, optimizing configurations, and tuning MQ settings to enhance system efficiency.
- Provide technical guidance and support to application developers, assisting in the integration of applications with MQ messaging.
- Ensure the security and integrity of MQ infrastructure, implementing appropriate access controls, encryption, and auditing mechanisms.
- Perform capacity planning and forecasting to ensure scalability and performance of MQ infrastructure.
- Stay updated on the latest IBM MQ versions, patches, and industry best practices, making recommendations for upgrades and improvements.
- Document technical configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps for the MQ environment.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Active Secret Security clearance.
- 12+ years of relevant work experience required.
- At least 5+ years Unix experience required.
- At least 5+ years DevOps or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience required.
- Must be willing and able to meet on-call requirements, including participation in a rotational on-call schedule, if required.
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience preferred.
- Certified in IBM System Admin for MQ.
- Team player, fast learner with ability to work proactively and independently to support mission critical operations supporting geographically diverse locations.
- Candidates residing within a commutable distance for daily onsite work
Details:
Job Title: Senior MQ Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD (Onsite five days a week, can now be remote)
Clearance Requirement: Active Secret security clearance
Salary Range: $130,000.00 - $150,000.00
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