Track Manager - Apache Kafka, Windows PowerShell

Experience: 8 to Not Available years

Location: Bangalore, India

Skills: IBM MQ, MQ administration, Queue manager configuration, Channels, Clustering, MQSC scripting, runmqsc, mqcli, dmpmqcfg, Performance tuning, Log management, High availability, Disaster recovery engineering, MQ security, TLS, SSL, Certificate management, Keystores, Cipher suites, CHLAUTH rules, User authentication, OAM, ACLs, Splunk, Dynatrace, Geneos, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAK), Microsoft Certified: PowerShell Automation, Python Institute’s PCAP (Certified Associate in Python Programming)

Job Summary
MQ & Kafka experience- MQ to Kafka migration experience.

Key Responsibilities
1) MQ Solution Architecture & Engineering Design
MQ-based integration solutions (queue manager topology, channels, security model, message flows and patterns) aligned to integration standards. Provide architecture guidance on synchronous/asynchronous patterns, message durability, ordering, idempotency, and error-handling strategies. Define and enforce non-functional requirements: availability, scalability, latency, throughput, DR, and operational readiness.

2) MQ Platform Build, Administration & Operations (Infra + Admin)
Install, configure,



and administer IBM MQ across Linux/Windows environments (and container platforms if applicable).

Skill Requirements
8+ years in enterprise middleware/integration roles with deep hands-on IBM MQ experience. Proven MQ administration skills: Queue manager configuration, channels, clustering, MQSC scripting, runmqsc, mqcli, dmpmqcfg. Performance tuning, log management, tuning for persistent/non-persistent messaging, channel tuning. Solid platform operations experience: Linux administration (preferred), Windows administration (nice-to-have), filesystem & OS tuning basics. High availability and disaster recovery engineering (multi-instance QM, clustering/HA patterns). MQ security expertise: TLS/SSL, certificate management, keystores, cipher suites, CHLAUTH rules, user auth, OAM/ACLs. Monitoring & troubleshooting: Deep diagnostic capability using MQ logs/errors (AMQERR01), event messages, traces, and system logs. Familiarity with enterprise monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Geneos, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK). Nice-to-Have / Advantageous Experience

Other Requirements
1. Optional but valuable: Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAK), Microsoft Certified: PowerShell Automation, Python Institute’s PCAP (Certified Associate in Python Programming).

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