Mainframe IBM zMQ Engineer - z/OS

Atrium Global - Mainframe IBM zMQ Engineer - z/OS, UK. Search Search Mainframe IBM zMQ Engineer - z/OS Atrium Global UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham Contract Published: 1 month ago £550 per day Inside IR35 Mainframe IBM zMQ Engineer - z/OS Atrium Global Mainframe IBM zMQ Engineer - z/OS Duration: 6 Months Location: Edinburgh, Leeds, Halifax or Manchester Working hours: Standard business hours with out of hours support and deployments required Onsite requirements: Hybrid working with onsite presence as required - Out of hours on call is potentially required Engagement Type: Contract - Inside IR35 Day Rate: £550 per day Right to Work: Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role. Atrium is supporting a client of ours within the financial services industry who is seeking an experienced IBM MQ Administrator to join their mainframe middleware team. Job Overview You will deliver complex technical support and project delivery across the organisation’s IBM MQ estate on z/OS, with a strong focus on incident resolution, problem management and system stability. The role supports critical platforms across multiple business divisions including digital, payments, retail and insurance, while contributing to technology improvements and strategic initiatives. This position includes participation in out of hours deployments and migrations. RESPONSIBILITIES Provide technical support across complex MQ environments to tight timescales Deliver incident, problem and change resolution across critical systems Drive delivery against the technology roadmap with key stakeholders Enforce standardisation and support continuous improvement initiatives Collaborate across wider middleware teams to develop and implement processes Deliver changes through RTL into production under governance independently Ensure strict adherence to operational processes and procedures Perform change and support activities outside business hours when required Work with IT Security to maintain MQ product security Maintain service stability, resilience and optimisation REQUIREMENTS Min 5 years + administration experience of **IBM Message Queue (MQ) v9.x on z/OS IBM MQ clustering experience Operational experience using z/OS panels and MQ Explorer Experience implementing and supporting TLS Experience supporting and troubleshooting online systems Strong diagnostic and analytical skills across complex technical environments Similar Mainframe Ibm Zmq Engineer Jobs Popular with Other Job Seekers Highways Technical Lead / Team Leader (UK Wide) Jacobs Bristol, Avon Competitive 3 weeks ago VCF Consultant ECS UK £800 - £850 per day 1 day ago Principal Systems Engineer and Analyst Thales Group South West Competitive 3 weeks ago AI Solutions Architect Infosec Wales £80000 - £90000 per annum 1 month ago Algorithm Software Engineer Certain Advantage Filton, Bristol (BS34), BS34 7QS £70 per hour, Benefits Overtime Rate 2 weeks ago Service Desk Support Analyst Newton Blue Stokes Croft, Bristol (BS1), BS1 to £30,000 Bristol hybrid plus good benefits 3 weeks ago AI SoC Validation / Bring-up Lead Graphcore Bristol, Avon Competitive 3 weeks ago Infrastructure Automation Engineer (SC Cleared) NSD Corsham (SN13) £450 - £700 per day 1 month ago Technical Services Manager (Specifications and Artwork) Avondale Foods Craigavon, County Armagh Competitive 3 weeks ago Cloud / Data DevOps Technical Consultant Hewlett Packard Enterprise Bristol, Avon Competitive 1 week ago IT jobs Software Development jobs Totaljobs About us Work for us Media centre Partners Jobseeker Jobs Jobseeker login Salary Planner Jobseeker help centre Career advice Recruiter Courses Advertise a job Recruiter login Contact us – recruiters Recruiter advice Recruit internationally Let's connect Apps Privacy policy Terms and conditions Cookies Compliance Accessibility The Stepstone Group UK Ltd © 2026