Strong knowledge and experience of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Stored proceduresa, MQ and other mainframe technologies Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting Experience with mainframe software development tools and platforms (z/OS, z/VM, z/Linux, IBM System z) Ability to define, manage and administer IBM MQ Queue's including local queues, remote queues, queue managers, channels etc., Ability to install and upgrade MQ software, including patch installation and configuration Performance tuning of MQ queues Ability to define MQ clusters, load balancers for high availability and scalability Ability to define and manage security and data encryption controls for MQ queues Ability to install and manage certificates Ability to collaborate with application development teams to come up with the MQ architecture and design to support scalable and available application development Excellent verbal and written communication skills Agile Experience and experience using tools like JIRA, Confluence etc., Should have strong good grip on non-functional areas like performance, security etc
