Senior IBM MQ Engineer

Location

: South Ashburnham, MA

Experience

: 8 - 10 Years

Apply By

: 23rd December 2026

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

IBM MQ administration and migration; z/OS/mainframe MQ; distributed IBM MQ on AWS EC2; queue managers; MQSC; queues, channels, remote and transmission queues; name lists; PROCESS/INITQ and triggering; MQ routing; TLS/mTLS; certificates and keystores; MQ authorities/security; HA/failover; troubleshooting; migration rehearsal, cutover and rollback.

Roles & Responsibilities

Lead hands-on migration of IBM MQ queue managers and associated objects from the mainframe environment to IBM MQ on AWS EC2.

Assess and validate the existing MQ landscape, including queue managers, queues, channels, routing, triggers, security configurations and application dependencies.

Export, recreate, reconcile and validate MQ objects including queues, channels, transmission queues, remote queues, namelists, PROCESS/INITQ definitions and authorities.

Rebuild and validate inter-queue-manager routing, application connectivity, EKS-facing channels and external/partner connectivity.

Configure and validate IBM MQ environments on AWS EC2 in alignment with the approved architecture and HA design.

Migrate MQ security configurations, including TLS/mTLS, certificates, keystores/truststores, channel ciphers and authorities.

Develop reusable MQSC/scripts for MQ object creation, migration, comparison and validation.

Troubleshoot MQ routing, channel, security, certificate, triggering and message-flow issues during migration and testing.

Coordinate with application, AWS infrastructure, network, security, testing, operations and rehosting teams during integration and migration activities.

Lead/support migration readiness, deployment activities, validation, contingency planning and post-production stabilization.

Support object reconciliation, defect resolution, operational runbooks, knowledge transfer and transition to steady-state support.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

Strong stakeholder coordination, technical problem-solving, production cutover ownership, communication and documentation skills. Ability to work across application, infrastructure, cloud, security, network and operations teams.

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Salary Range-$100,000-$130,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage:

Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support:

Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options:

Auto& Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth:

Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off:

Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance:

Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Location

South Ashburnham, MA

Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Engineer

ID

437217

Skills

AWS | IBM Websphere MQ

Salary Range

$100,000 - $130,000