Sr. IBM MQ / Solace Engineer
Job Description
Role -Â Sr Lead - MQ Solace messaging
Main Duties:Â
Northern Trust Enterprise Middleware Service team is looking for a senior messaging system engineer to help build out, maintain, and troubleshoot the bank’s rapidly expanding IBM MQ and Solace messaging infrastructure. You will be part of a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency, delivering mission critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all environments (Development, Testing and Production) of IBM MQ/solace
- Install, configure and provide support for functional and performance testing of additional features of modern messaging system.
- Work with application developers in POCs to design solutions with novel and advanced product features
- Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability by monitoring and testing application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
- Design and maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
- Design of expansion of current cluster and integration of existing cluster with cloud
- Architect the roadmap for messaging systems in the bank
- Hands on experience to follow vendor’s best practices to build infra ad app
- Provide 3rd level support and act as a technical leader of offshore support team
- Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
Skills & Experience:
Qualifications:
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
- Minimum of 6 to 10 years of IBM MQ and Solace administration experience
Skill Sets:
The following are required skills:
- 5+ years of experience with messaging API developer support ( JMS, dotNet etc.)
- 5+ years of architecting, designing and administration of IBM MQ including Pub/Sub. Experience with IBM MQ Appliance preferred.
- 5+ years of architecting, designing and administration of Solace Appliance and/or Solace Cloud.
- 5+ years of scripting for deployment and configuration ( Shell/Ansible)
- 5+ years troubleshooting unexpected IBM MQ and Solace problems
- 3+ years of experience with DevOps and automation required
- Ansible automation skills required
- Prior Java programming skill is a plus
- Knowledge of Kafka messaging system is a plus
- Experience with Scrum team is a plus
About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With over 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve!               Â
We recognize the value of inclusion and diversity in culture, in thought, and in experience, which is why we are honored to receive the following awards in 2021:
- Gender Equality Index Member, Bloomberg
- Top Financial & Banking Company, Black EOE Journal, Hispanic Network Magazine, Professional WOMAN'S Magazine
 We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of America’s best banks and most sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today.
Date Posted
03/28/2023
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