Job Location : Houston,TX, USA
Location: 100% Remote - Continental USPreferred Time Zones: EST, CST, MTNRate Type: W2 ONLYCompensation: Up to $75 per hrLength: 1 to 3 yearsWe are looking for a hands-on MQ Middleware Administrator to work on a team responsible for designing, provisioning, and managing enterprise-level systems used by both internal and external customers. The ideal candidate will have a strong and proven track record of success in a similar role.Responsibilities:Serve as subject matter expert on IBM MQ/IIB/ACE/MQ MFT/MuleSoft, including technical assistance to application developers on Middleware related problems.Understand technology vision and strategic direction of business needs.Provide production support 24/7 for a week, at least once a month.Assess and make recommendations for best-practice solutions and/or new middleware and web technologies that will enhance the capabilities of the existing infrastructure.Participate in product roadmaps in alignment with other middleware/cloud products and business roadmaps.Participate in designing integrated solutions with design patterns, blueprints, guidelines, and standard methodologies for products.Assist in developing architecture and design conceptual solutions by incorporating cloud native and 3rd party vendor products.Participate in research and perform POCs (proofs of concept) with emerging technologies and adopt industry best practices in the middleware space for cloud migration and hybrid solutions.Successfully troubleshoot production issues that application developers can't resolve; may include writing build and deployment scripts.Demonstrate automation as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to increase build efficiency in the cloud.Support both rehydration and HA along with emerging processes and technologies.Assist in the development of validation and certification processes through automation tools.Monitor middleware performance and availability.Demonstrate collaboration on projects and initiatives as a team member.Qualifications:Key Skill: MQ, EMSS, ESBDemonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills.Subject matter expertise in IBM Middleware products like MQ/IIB/ACE/MQ MFT and MuleSoft.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience; advanced degree preferred.3+ years in design/support of MQ/IIB/ACE Middleware solutions.Experience in cloud specific solutions related to middleware.Hands-on experience in one or more languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript.Experience with other AWS middleware solutions including various compute and storage offerings.Strong background in observability, networking, performance, and scalability.Experience with leveraging CI/CD pipelines and GitLab is a plus.Hands-on experience in Terraform, Python, Ansible and OS shell scripts including automation tools is a plus.Must be familiar with Agile methodologies and able to work in an Agile manner.Must have a very strong application development background.Microservices experience is a plus.Cloud Certification is a plus.Containerized platform experience is a plus.Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience is a plus.Note:No 3rd party vendors or candidates.US Citizenship Required.#J-18808-Ljbffr