IBM MQ Administrator

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
IBM MQ (v9.x) administration
MQ objects
Incident management

The following responsibilities are expected to be performed by the MQ Administrator (Linux based environment)
Solid knowledge of IBM MQ (v9.x) administration, maintenance, troubleshooting and operational support.
Create and modify MQ objects such as Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
Configuring WebSphere MQ Queue Managers, Channels, Topics and Queues.
Monitoring and maintaining Queue Managers, Queues, Topics, Channels, and Listeners.
Create MQ objects on local and remote MQ servers.
Enable triggering on MQ Queues.
Configure and implement Distributed Queuing in Client/Server environments.
Install and configured latest versions of IBM MQ.
Configure and monitor MQ Listeners, Channel Initiators, Trigger Monitors, MQ Log files, Dead Letter Queues, and Clustering setups.
Monitor MQ using MQ Explorer and configured MQ Explorer Monitoring tool.
Participate in MQ DR exercises.
Use shell (batch) scripting for repetitive tasks, schedulers.
Understanding basic networking requirements to establish MQ connectivity
Understanding security settings, different type certificates on Queue manager, channel levels. Be able to install new and renew existing certificates.
Understanding different types of logging in WAS and MQ
Working with project teams on new application connections, analyzing and preparing best fitting messaging solutions.
Good communication skills & well versed with group work, strong problem solving with documentation

Beneficial knowledge:

IBM MQ Appliances
IBM MQ IPT
ServiceNow: Incident management, CR submission, tasks management and closing.
Dynatrace monitoring
Knowledge of Kafka technology