Infrastructure Engineer

*Infrastructure Engineer Consultant – MQ Administrator/BA*

Contract-to-Hire

Chicago, IL or Richardson, TX

3 Days Onsite (_No fully remote candidates will be considered, must be available for the mandatory 3 days onsite)_



*Overview:*

This position is responsible for Collaborating with Solutions Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, and Infrastructure Service Management teams in the design and build of infrastructure solutions/blueprints for area of responsibility; participating in the design and build of repeatable patterns (build-kits) to improve deployment times for non-prod and prod environments; transitioning knowledge to Infrastructure Operations.
Work with mid and upper level management team under minimal supervision, as a senior level of IBM WebSphere MQ Administrator, implement manage, and monitor multiple WebSphere MQ and messaging environments.

*Job responsibilities will include the following:*
Design and installation of IBM MQ and ACE (IIB) configuration of new platform, configuring or modifying platform, proactively monitoring the health of environment, configuring and managing the security of the platform. Job will also entail monitoring, optimizing, tuning and troubleshooting MQ and/or ACE with applications.
The successful candidate will be a Senior Level/Expert resource in MQ and its related components. The candidate will be a self-motivated individual who works well with groups and independently with minimal supervision to achieve stated goals and project tasks.
The candidate must have a high level of motivation in learning new technologies and software products and reviewing these technologies for enhancements to the current middleware environment.



*Required Job Qualifications:*

· Bachelors Degree and 5 years in Information Technology or relevant experience OR Technical Certification and/or College Courses and 7 year Information Technology experience OR 9 years Information Technology experience.\* Infrastructure Automation (such ansible tool preferred)

· Operations Management and IT standards, procedures, and policies

· Expert level knowledge of IBM MQ in design, installation, fixpack upgrade, migration, and configuration

· Experts level knowledge with MQ horizontal/vertical Clustering

· Ability to simplify & standardize complex concepts / processes

· Understanding of business priorities (e.g., vision), trends (e.g., industry knowledge) and markets (e.g., existing/ planned)

· Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required; teamwork and collaboration

· Problem solving / analytical skills, tools and techniques with experience in troubleshooting MQ issues as well as other complex MQ and WebSphere performance issues

· Knowledge with Dynatrace

· Ability to create long and short term plan and prioritize tasks and make trade-off decisions

· Ability to drive cross functional executions and manage project schedule

· Adaptability and ability to introduce / manage change with ServiceNow and Jari

· Basic knowledge with container and IBM CP4I preferred

· Basic understanding of AIX/RedHat/Windows administration and including basic shell scripting



· Preferred Job Qualifications: Bachelor degree (Computer Science, MIS, or related degrees)

We encourage people of all backgrounds and experiences to apply.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $70.00 - $75.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:
* 401(k)
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday



Experience:
* Linux: 1 year (Preferred)
* AWS: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:
* Chicago, IL 60601 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:
* Chicago, IL 60601: Relocate before starting work (Required)


Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chicago, IL 60601