Opportunity brief
StoneX is hiring for the role of Staff Engineer!
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Support the day‑to‑day operation of the IBM MQ messaging platform across multiple environments.
- Assist with the installation, configuration, and maintenance of IBM MQ components.
- Monitor platform health, investigate issues, and help resolve incidents and service disruptions.
- Participate in change, release, and patching activities under guidance from senior engineers.
- Help implement and follow operational standards, runbooks, and best practices.
- Work with application teams to support onboarding, connectivity, and troubleshooting.
- Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and platform improvements.
- Support security, compliance, and audit requirements related to messaging services.
- Take part in on‑call or support rotations where required.
Requirements:
- Hands‑on experience working with IBM MQ (or a strong understanding of enterprise messaging concepts).
- Experience supporting production systems in a Linux or Unix‑based environment.
- Basic understanding of:
- Messaging patterns (point‑to‑point, pub/sub)
- High availability and resilience concepts
- Networking fundamentals
- Familiarity with scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, or similar) for operational tasks.
- Experience using monitoring and alerting tools.
- Ability to follow processes, troubleshoot issues, and escalate effectively when needed.
- Good communication skills and willingness to work collaboratively with other teams.