Job description

Client: Health Insurance
Job: IBM MQ Architect
Location: Onsite 2 days per week in center city Philadelphia
Duration: contract to hire (eligible to convert after 90 days on contract)

Responsibilities:

Architect, build, and scale middle tier infrastructure and applications
Setup and support highly available middleware infrastructure
Deployment strategies, Load Balancing
Configure API manager including API policies.
Enable Customer's resources through development shadowing.
Partner with Architects, Developers, Project Managers and other engineers to implement middleware solutions and support Business requirements.
Contribute to key technical directions and strategic decision discussions for Middleware solutions.
Utilize best practices and provide recommendations to improve application and system performance.
BAU support including incident and change management.
Occassional on- call support

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, software engineering, or equivalent knowledge acquired by work experience and training.
8+ years of experience with Middleware Technologies
Strong experience with IBM MQ
Strong in Linux is a must.
Experience troubleshooting/managing Runtime Servers
Experience troubleshooting and performance tuning of ESB/middleware components.
Experience working directly with technical and business teams.
Knowledge of SDLC, IT governance and operations knowledge of software, and application dependencies.