What are the responsibilities and job description for the MQ Integration Engineer position at CPT Global?
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced IBM MQ Integration Engineer on a long-term contract basis to support and enhance a written interface to IBM MQ used by multiple applications. This role requires strong expertise in C and COBOL to assist application teams with troubleshooting, enhancements, and optimizations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide support for applications interacting with IBM MQ, ensuring smooth message processing and integration.
- Modify, debug, and enhance existing C and COBOL code supporting the MQ interface.
- Assist application teams with troubleshooting and optimizing MQ message flows.
- Collaborate with developers, system administrators, and infrastructure teams to ensure efficient message queue configurations.
- Ensure high availability and performance of MQ-based applications through monitoring and proactive issue resolution.
- Document system changes, best practices, and troubleshooting procedures.
- Support the MQ interface website, which presents monitoring data, and assist with any necessary enhancements or troubleshooting.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong expertise in IBM MQ (configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning).
- Proficiency in C and COBOL for maintaining and enhancing MQ-related interfaces.
- Experience supporting applications that rely on message queues for inter-process communication.
- Knowledge of mainframe environments and batch/online processing.
- Ability to analyze and debug complex message flow issues.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in mainframe environments (z/OS, JCL).
- Familiarity with MQ security, message persistence, and clustering.
- Previous experience in banking, finance, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience with performance monitoring and tuning of MQ-based systems.
- Knowledge of middleware integration patterns and enterprise messaging architectures.
- Understanding of DevOps methodologies and automation tools for MQ management.
- Experience with web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS for supporting the MQ interface website.
If you are a skilled IBM MQ Integration Engineer looking for a long-term contract opportunity, we encourage you to apply.
CPT has a team of approximately 200 experts with long tenure and diverse skill sets. CPT’s consultants differentiate themselves by their experience and are typically leveraged as a “trusted advisor”.
CPT has an extensive blue chip client list that spans fortune 500 companies in Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Insurance, and Health.
CPT is a publicly traded company (ASX:CGO) that has been in business for over 30 years with operations around the world and major offices in New York, Toronto, London, and Melbourne.
Pease feel free to visit our web Site – www.cptglobal.com
CPT Global is an Equal Opportunity employer, committed to all forms of workforce inclusion. We actively invite and encourage applications by candidates from diverse backgrounds.