Contract Role - Mainframe/zOS IBM MQ Engineer/Consultant/SME - Contract - Yorkshire/Manchester/Edinburgh/Hybrid - 09 Months Initial

We are currently seeking a skilled Mainframe/zOS IBM MQ Engineer/Consultant/SME to deliver complex technical support and project delivery (including incident and problem resolution) for systems and processes in IBM MQ environments on zOS. The resource will cover a higher-than-normal volume of work throughout 2025, its expected this will be both in and out of hours with a view of covering some aspects of on call as well.

Role Overview:
* Job Title: Mainframe/zOS IBM MQ Engineer/Consultant/SME
* Location: Yorkshire/Manchester/Edinburgh/Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)
* Contract Type: Contract
* Duration: 09 months initially
* Sector: Banking

The MQ team require a resource to support the MQ estate on zSeries Mainframe. Delivering complex technical support and project delivery (including focus on incident and problem resolution) for systems and processes in IBM Mainframe MQ team. The MQ resource is required to work on critical systems and important projects associated with the Bank's strategy across all business divisions such as Digital, Payments, Retail and Insurance, as well as technology and process service improvements. - this includes out of hours deployments and migrations.

* Provide support of complex environments to tight timescales.
* Work closely with key Stakeholders, drive and deliver against the technology roadmap.
* Enforce standardisation and assist with improvement initiatives in the team.
* Work collaboratively across the wider Middleware teams to develop, promote and implement process initiatives.
* Deliver change through RTL and into production under change governance independently
* Ensure processes and procedures are strictly adhered too.
* Perform change/support activities out of business hours.
* Working with IT Security to ensure the security of the MQ product
* Maintain service stability and optimisation.

Requirements:
* IBM Message Queue v9.x administration zOS
* IBM Message Queue Clustering experience
* Operational experience on zOS pannels + MQ Explorer
* Experience with TLS
* Experience of supporting and troubleshooting on-line systems.
* Diagnostic skills and an ability to analyse technical information from multiple sources, allowing the provision of highly effective solutions in complex environments (desirable).
* Banking/Financial services preferable

Please feel free to contact myself - Daisy Nguyen at Gibbs Consulting for a confidential chat to know more details about the role.

Please also note: Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.