Senior WebSphere MQ and MB Administrator Cranston, RI

Senior WebSphere MQ and MB Administrator

• Company

  Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

• Location

  Cranston, RI

• Compensation

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  Feb 20, 2013

• eFC Ref no

  1170577

Responsibilities

The Senior WebSphere MQ and MB Administrator contributes to enterprise architecture by installing and configuring IBM WebSphere MQ, and Message Broker on IBM AIX, Linux and Windows based environments. Designs, develops and implements run-time architecture for multi-tier applications by engineering and configuring IBM WebSphere MQ, and Message Broker. Designs, implements and maintains web services in fault tolerant and high available SOA infrastructure. Will be responsible for capacity planning and performance tuning of SOA environment. Will be required to collaborate and partner with middleware development and other technology teams in the organization.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Implement MQ, Message Broker, Datapower Java/J2EE, WebServices applications into DEV, QA and Production environments.
• Deployment of applications/services such as BAR and EAR and WAR file deployment to all regions of SOA environment.
• Responsible for installing and configuring MQ, MB, DataPower(XI50 and XI52)
• Develop, implement and maintain the environments by automating deployment and various configurations.
• Active participation in project meetings and provide input to design and implementation of middleware solutions.
• Facilitating the project team in planning, estimating and non functional requirements on the project.
• Formulate and enforce application deployment and integration standards on SOA environment.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Experience:

• Strong technical experience in administration of various versions of IBM MQ, MB and DataPower Appliance. Experienced in MQ, Message Broker Installation, configuration and upgrades. Experience in MQ cluster configuration, Security Management (including SSL), MQ Error log and FDC analysis and troubleshooting, performance tuning and BAR file deployments.
• Extensive knowledge in SOA framework and concepts, Enterprise Application Integrations, Transformations Engines, Web Services and Data Integration techniques.
• Experience with a testing tools such as RFHUTIL, JUnit, Load Runner, SOAP UI, and XMLSPY.
• Experience with build and deployment automation using ant, JACL/Jython and Python, PERL, UNIX Shell Scripting.
• Expertise with full software development life cycle including functional & technical specification, documentation, QA processes, source control, maintenance and deployments. Experience with CVS, Subversion and any other SCM tools is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to mentor other members in the team and strong problem solving skills on SOA environment.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience with high availability solutions such as hardware load balancers, content switching, application clustering, and Oracle RAC is a plus.
• Experience with automation tools such as IBM rational Build Forge, Midvision RapidDeploy and WSRR is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with various RDBMS platforms including Oracle, DB2 and Microsoft SQL server.
• Minimum 5 years experience in Information Technology (IT) or IT minor or other engineering degree with minimum 7 years of experience
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry a plus

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Master's Degree preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of RBS Citizens, N.A. to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status, or any other factor protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week: 40
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM