Bizoforce Hiring – Developer Platform / Product Engineer | Plano, Texas, USA

Bizoforce Hiring is seeking an experienced Developer Platform / Product Engineer with strong IBM MQ expertise to support, maintain, and modernize enterprise middleware and messaging platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in IBM MQ administration, Native High Availability (HA) MQ solutions, production operations, and middleware troubleshooting. This role focuses on improving platform reliability, supporting modernization initiatives, and migrating legacy messaging architectures toward modern, containerized environments. The successful candidate will collaborate with technical teams to maintain platform stability, optimize performance, automate operational tasks, and support enterprise messaging infrastructure.

Experience (in Years)

• Required Experience: 5–10 years of overall professional experience.
• Relevant Experience: Hands-on experience in IBM MQ administration, middleware engineering, and production support.
• Platform Modernization: Experience supporting high-availability messaging solutions and middleware modernization initiatives.

Required Skills

• IBM MQ Administration: Strong hands-on experience administering, configuring, monitoring, and supporting IBM MQ environments.
• Native HA MQ: Experience implementing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting IBM MQ

Native High Availability solutions.

• Middleware Support: Experience supporting enterprise middleware platforms and production messaging operations.
• Incident Management: Ability to investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve middleware incidents while maintaining platform stability.
• Linux Administration: Working knowledge of Linux environments, system administration, command-line utilities, and troubleshooting.
• Platform Maintenance: Experience supporting middleware upgrades, configuration changes, performance tuning, and operational improvements.
• Scripting and Automation: Ability to develop scripts and automate routine administration, monitoring, and maintenance activities.

Preferred Skills / Good-to-Have Technical Experience

• Kubernetes: Familiarity with container orchestration and deploying or supporting middleware workloads in Kubernetes environments.
• OpenShift: Knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift for containerized application and platform management.
• MQ Containerization: Experience supporting IBM MQ containerization and migration from legacy messaging architectures to modern platforms.
• High Availability and Resilience: Understanding of high-availability configurations, failover mechanisms, recovery procedures, and platform resilience.
• Performance Optimization: Experience identifying performance bottlenecks and improving messaging platform efficiency.
• DevOps and Automation: Familiarity with automation practices and tools used to streamline middleware administration and platform operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience administering and supporting IBM MQ environments.
• Practical understanding of Native HA MQ and enterprise messaging infrastructure.
• Experience handling production incidents, performing root-cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
• Working knowledge of Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Ability to support platform upgrades, modernization, containerization, and operational automation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Key Responsibilities

1. IBM MQ Administration and Support

• Administer, configure, monitor, and maintain IBM MQ environments.
• Support queue managers, messaging components, and related platform configurations.
• Monitor messaging services to ensure availability, reliability, and operational stability.
• Perform routine maintenance and administration activities in accordance with operational requirements.

2. Native HA MQ Implementation and Support

• Implement and support IBM MQ Native High Availability solutions.
• Monitor high-availability configurations and investigate availability-related issues.
• Troubleshoot failover, connectivity, and messaging service disruptions.
• Support recovery procedures and help maintain resilient enterprise messaging services.

3. Platform Modernization and Containerization

• Support initiatives to modernize legacy IBM MQ architectures.
• Assist with containerization and migration of messaging workloads to modern platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on Kubernetes or OpenShift-based middleware deployments, where applicable.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.

4. Production Operations and Incident Management

• Investigate and resolve middleware incidents and production issues.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement appropriate corrective and preventive measures.
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, and platform teams to resolve complex technical issues.
• Maintain platform stability and minimize service disruptions.

5. Platform Upgrades and Performance Tuning

• Support IBM MQ upgrades, configuration changes, patching, and maintenance activities.
• Analyze messaging performance and identify areas for optimization.
• Assist with capacity management, platform health checks, and operational improvements.
• Validate platform functionality and stability following upgrades or configuration changes.

6. Automation and Operational Improvement

• Develop and maintain scripts to automate repetitive administrative tasks.
• Improve monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance processes through automation.
• Document platform configurations, operational procedures, and incident-resolution steps.
• Follow established operational standards and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Expected Deliverables

• Stable and well-maintained IBM MQ messaging environments.
• Supported and monitored Native HA MQ configurations.
• Timely resolution of middleware incidents and production issues.
• Assistance with MQ modernization and containerization initiatives.
• Improved operational efficiency through scripting and automation.
• Updated technical documentation and operational procedures.

Assignment Details

• Job Title: Developer Platform / Product Engineer
• Job Location: Plano, Texas, USA
• Work Mode: On-site — customer location attendance required from Day 1
• Job Type: Full Time
• Open Positions: Multiple
• Working Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Hours per Week: 40 hours
• Timesheet Cycle: Weekly
• Job Status: Active