Lead SRE Professional – IBM MQ, Solace Technology

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IBM MQ and Solace technology lead administering enterprise messaging platforms for business-critical applications. Leading production support, incident response, security, reliability, and infrastructure operations.

Posted 8/5/2026contractPhoenix • Arizona • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in IBM MQ and Solace PubSub+ administration, including configuration, management, and troubleshooting of messaging infrastructure across various platforms. Proficient in implementing messaging security controls and optimizing event-driven architecture for high availability and performance.

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IBM MQ AdministrationSolace PubSub+ AdministrationMiddleware AdministrationUNIX Shell ScriptingSSL/TLS Certificate Handling

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Hard Skills

IBM MQSolace PubSub+Queue ManagersMessage VPNsJMSAMQPMQTTREST Messaging APIsOperational AutomationChange Management

Soft Skills

Incident ResponseStakeholder CommunicationMentoringProblem SolvingTeam Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

ServiceNowSplunkDynatraceGrafanaPrometheusKibanaJIRAConfluenceAnsibleVMware vCenter

Certifications & Qualifications

IBM MQ AdministratorSolace Certified AdministratorRed Hat Linux Certification

Industry Keywords

Event-Driven ArchitectureAsynchronous IntegrationsHigh AvailabilityReplicationDisaster Recovery Testing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleApacheCloudGrafanaJenkinsLinuxMavenNGINXOpenShiftPrometheusSDLCServiceNowShell ScriptingSOAPSplunkUnixVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Configure, administer, upgrade, and maintain IBM MQ infrastructure across Linux, Windows, UNIX, AIX, and related enterprise platforms
Create and manage queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, clusters, and other MQ objects across environments
Configure and manage Solace PubSub+ Event Brokers, message VPNs, queues, topics, ACLs, client profiles, and messaging services
Support event-driven architecture, asynchronous integrations, publish/subscribe messaging, high availability, replication, and failover mechanisms
Implement and maintain messaging security controls including SSL/TLS, authentication, authorization, encryption, LDAP integration, and access governance
Monitor queue depth, channel status, broker performance, message flows, system health, logs, and platform alerts
Troubleshoot production issues related to MQ/Solace connectivity, message latency, message delivery failures, authentication, authorization, certificates, and application integration
Lead incident response, join outage bridges, perform triage, document updates, coordinate service restoration, and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions
Perform capacity planning, patching, disaster recovery testing, environment readiness checks, and production readiness reviews
Work with application and engineering teams to optimize message flows, resolve integration issues, validate configuration, and ensure reliable communication between services
Support change management by reviewing planned changes, assessing risks, coordinating implementation windows, and ensuring proper production validation
Create and maintain configuration documentation, runbooks, SOPs, implementation notes, troubleshooting guides, and operational knowledge articles
Lead shift support activities, mentor junior resources, manage backup plans, coordinate leaves, and ensure smooth onsite/offshore delivery coverage
Handle stakeholder communication, scribe outage calls, respond to client and business queries, and provide timely operational status updates
Identify automation and continuous improvement opportunities across messaging operations, monitoring, deployment, and support processes

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution, or three years of progressive specialty experience in lieu of each year of education
At least 4 years of relevant Information Technology experience
Hands-on exposure to IBM MQ, Solace PubSub+, middleware administration, production support, or infrastructure operations
Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10/7.x, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows Server 2012 R2/2016, UNIX, IBM Servers, AIX 7, Red Hat OpenShift/ECP, and enterprise infrastructure environments
IBM MQ Administration v8/v9+ and Solace PubSub+ Administration
Knowledge of queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, MQ clusters, message VPNs, topics, ACLs, client profiles, messaging services, publish/subscribe architecture, JMS, AMQP, MQTT, and REST messaging APIs
UNIX shell scripting, configuration management, log analysis, and operational automation
SSL/TLS certificate handling, authentication, authorization, encryption, and access control management
Experience with ServiceNow, Splunk Enterprise/ITSI/Forwarder, Dynatrace OneAgent, Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, AppDynamics, Wireshark, SOAP UI, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, XLR pipeline, Ansible, Maven, NGINX, Apache Web Server, F5, AppViewX, HP SiteScope, CA Wily Introscope, IBM WebSphere Application Server, VMware vCenter, and enterprise monitoring/middleware tools
Knowledge of Agile methodology, change management, and SDLC
Ability to travel within the United States
Preferred: at least 5 years of relevant experience and IBM MQ Administrator, Solace Certified Administrator, Red Hat Linux, or cloud certifications

Benefits

Comp & perks

One remote workday per week
Open to travel within the United States
Willingness to relocate option