MQ Administrator

MQ ADMINISTRATOR

Workplace: Kraków or Warsaw, 6 times per month

Industry: Banking

WHO WE ARE?

ALTEN – A Global Leader in Engineering and IT Services

Founded in France in 1988, the ALTEN Group is a leading technological partner serving the world’s largest clients. In 2024, it achieved revenues exceeding 4.14 billion euros and employs over 57,700 people, 88% of whom are engineers and IT experts.

ALTEN Polska has been operating for 13 years, supporting its clients' innovation, research and development, and IT systems. It has offices in Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, and Poznań.

It serves key industries such as aerospace, space, industrial solutions, automotive, railway, energy, finance, telecommunications, and retail.

Areas of expertise: business analysis, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analysis and cloud solutions, application development, software testing, project management, embedded software, quality management, industrialization, digital transformation, and industrial engineering.

For more information, visit: http://www.altenpolska.pl

WHAT YOUR CHALLENGES WILL BE?

The ideal candidates will ensure reliable, secure, and high-performance messaging services that enable seamless communication between enterprise systems, applications, and environments.

What you'll do:

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain IBM MQ on distributed platforms (mainly Linux/Unix, occasionally Windows).

• Monitor performance, availability, and capacity of MQ environments.

• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents, performance issues, and integration failures.

• Manage MQ clustering, workload balancing, and failover configuration.

• Implement and maintain MQ security standards (SSL/TLS, RACF/Active Directory integration).

• Automate routine administrative tasks (Shell, PowerShell, Python – nice to have).

• Participate in change management and deployment processes.

• Maintain MQ disaster recovery and backup procedures.

• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to support new projects and existing systems.

• Document procedures, configurations, and issue resolutions.

WHAT DO WE REQUIRE?

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with IBM MQ administration.

• Practical experience with IBM MQ version 9 or higher (currently using 9.3, moving to 9.4).

• Strong knowledge of MQ internals, message flows, and troubleshooting.

• Unix/Linux background.

• Understanding of MQ security concepts and implementation.

• Knowledge of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change Management).

• Availability to join ASAP or within 1 month.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scripting experience (Python, Ansible, Shell, PowerShell).

• Experience with MQ in high-availability / enterprise environments.

• Knowledge of IBM Integration Bus (IIB) or App Connect Enterprise (ACE).

• Exposure to cloud-based MQ services (e.g., AWS MQ, IBM Cloud MQ).

• Familiarity with MQ monitoring tools (e.g., Omegamon, Instana).

• IBM MQ certification.

Additional information:

• Occasional work on weekends or Friday afternoons may be required, but it is not mandatory.

• Recruitment process: one interview with the team.

• Required presence in the office 6 times per month (Kraków or Warsaw).

WHAT CAN WE OFFER?

ALTEN's DNA combines human values, a culture of excellence and experience in serving its clients. We offer an individual approach to each employee in the spirit of work-life balance. We place emphasis on responsible, sustainable development and pro-ecological solutions.

We offer:

• A full-time contract with possibility to choose the form of employment (UoP/B2B)

• Stable and long-term cooperation

• A clearly defined career path and the possibility of development in four areas as: Project Manager, Business Manager, Technical Leader and a specialist in their field.

• Participation in company conferences, trainings, workshops, integration meetings, etc.

• Certification and training opportunities

• Opportunity to relocate and work in different ALTEN Polska branches

BENEFITS

• Medicover medical care

• Medicover dental care

• Medicover Benefits platform / Medicover Sport card

• Employee referral program

• Layette for a newborn employee’s child

• Group life insurance

• Pension scheme

Join our team and let’s build tomorrow’s world today!

NOTICE: We kindly inform you that we will contact the selected candidates.