IBM MQ/Middleware Administrator

ON
On-site
Posted Oct 13, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Entry level
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Job summary

Administer, install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot IBM MQ v9.x in a Linux environment, including queue managers, queues, channels, topics, listeners, certificates, logging, and clustering. Support incident and change processes, disaster recovery exercises, application connectivity projects, and automation of repetitive tasks.

Job details

IBM MQ/Middleware Administrator Onsite - Toronto ON Contract Role What are the top 3 skills required for this role? IBM MQ (v9.x) administration MQ objects Incident management The following responsibilities are expected to be performed by the MQ Administrator (Linux based environment) Solid knowledge of IBM MQ (v9.x) administration, maintenance, troubleshooting and operational support. Create and modify MQ objects such as Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues. Configuring WebSphere MQ Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues. Monitoring and maintaining Queue Managers, Queues, Topics, Channels, and Listeners. Create MQ objects on local and remote MQ servers. Enable triggering on MQ Queues. Configure and implement Distributed Queuing in Client/Server environments. Install and configured latest versions of IBM MQ. Configure and monitor MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups. Monitor MQ using MQ Explorer and configured MQ Explorer Monitoring tool. Participate in MQ DR exercises. The following responsibilities are expected to be performed by the MQ Administrator (Linux based environment) Solid knowledge of IBM MQ (v9.x) administration, maintenance, troubleshooting and operational support. Create and modify MQ objects such as Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues. Configuring WebSphere MQ Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues. Monitoring and maintaining Queue Managers, Queues, Topics, Channels, and Listeners. Create MQ objects on local and remote MQ servers. Enable triggering on MQ Queues. Configure and implement Distributed Queuing in Client/Server environments. Install and configured latest versions of IBM MQ. Configure and monitor MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups. Monitor MQ using MQ Explorer and configured MQ Explorer Monitoring tool. Participate in MQ DR exercises. Use shell (batch) scripting for repetitive tasks, schedulers. Understanding basic networking requirements to establish MQ connectivity Understanding security settings, different type certificates on Queue manager, channel levels. Be able to install new and renew existing certificates. Understanding different types of logging in WAS and MQ Working with project teams on new application connections, analyzing and preparing best fitting messaging solutions. Good communication skills & well versed with group work, strong problem solving with documentation Beneficial knowledge: IBM MQ Appliances IBM MQ IPT ServiceNow: Incident management, CR submission, tasks management and closing. Dynatrace monitoring Knowledge of Kafka technology

What you’ll do

Requirements

The role requires strong IBM MQ v9.x administration and operational support experience, including MQ object configuration, distributed queuing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and certificate management. It also calls for Linux shell scripting, basic networking knowledge, effective communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills; Kafka, IBM MQ Appliances, and Dynatrace are beneficial.