Job Overview

Company:
Quantronix, Inc.
Title:
Senior Systems Engineer Websphere MQ and Message Broker.
Skills:
WebSphere MQ,Message Brokers,JMS,Active MQ,UNIX,Middleware Messaging Technologies / Infrastructure,Systems Analysis,Engineering and Administration skills.
Date:
11-25-2009
Location:
Marlborough, MA
Area Code:
508
Employ. Type:
CON_HIRE_CORP CON_HIRE_W2
Pay Rate:
DOE
Job Length:
Contract to Direct
Position ID:
C0N09108B
Dice ID:
QUANCT
Travel Required:
none
Telecommute:
no

Contact Information

Phone:
(203) 718-2005
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Job Description

  • Senior Systems Engineer Websphere MQ and Message Broker.
  • Marlborough, MA
Our Client is a large Investment Trading Firm.

Project Description:

Our client's Middleware Group is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer who will be responsible for the engineering, roll out, and operational support of middleware messaging products.

The selected Consultant will be primarily responsible for planning, architecture, implementation, and support of our middleware messaging infrastructure for high availability, recoverability, and reliability.

The key words are:Infrastructure Design, Delivery, and Support.

Strong system analysis, architecture, design, and administration skills are essential.The position breaks down as follows:50% hands-on system engineering & administration, 35% infrastructure design and architecture practices, and 15% leadership.Leadership entails working with support engineers, vendors and developers across teams.

Very close to the technology - design, configure and support middleware messaging products.
Strong knowledge of ITIL practices - Configuration, Change and Release Management.
Strong Infrastructure Management background - capacity planning, performance management and security.

Key Activities:

As a Senior Systems Engineer the candidate will have following responsibilities:

Work on the architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and support of the middleware messaging infrastructure
Maintain WebSphere MQ/Message Broker and ActiveMQ infrastructure including setup of the networks with MQ Queue managers, Message Brokers and ActiveMQ across multiple platforms.
Develop infrastructure standards, best practices and guidelines
Provide technical leadership and mentoring, promoting adherence to standardized IT processes, strategic principles and architectural standards.

Lastly, candidates need to be engineers with a WebMQ and Message Broker background who have the ability to do Architecture, development as well as some Administration work. Java development is a big plus and experience with Weblogic, Tomcat and JMS is required (these technologies will be used about 10% of the time).

Tools/Technologies/Experience/Skills:

Required Skills:

Strong Engineering, Architecture, Administration and Development skills with Websphere MQ and Message Broker.
Candidates will need to know Weblogic and JMS.Tomcat is also a big plus as our client is running it with some applications.
5+ years in WebSphere MQ, Message Brokers and JMS.
2+ years in Active MQ, UNIX administration, and scripting.
Systems analysis, engineering and administration skills.
Strong understanding of middleware messaging technologies and infrastructure management.
Demonstrated experience in managing critical application(s)
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Some experience working directly with vendors and business users.
Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

QUANTRONIX INC.

Quantronix is a global provider of Staff Augmentation, Executive Recruiting, Business Consulting, Software & Product Development, and IT-enabled Services. Founded in 1982 as a US-based consulting company, Quantronix has grown to have a truly global footprint.

The Professional Services Division is one of our oldest and strongest divisions specializing in providing IT professionals for contract, contract-to-hire, and full-time positions. Our growing talent base of employees ranges from business experts to technology gurus.

Quantronix clients span the breadth from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups on the "bleeding edge" of technology. We have special expertise in Financial Services, Banking & Insurance (FSBI), Manufacturing, CPG & Hi-Tech, Hospitality, Travel & Logistics and eLearning & Publishing as industry verticals.

We invite you to search our jobs database for exciting career opportunities available with our many clients.
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