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Thrive IT Systems

Site Reliability Engineer (IBM MQ)

Thrive IT Systems
Switzerland · Contract · Mid-Senior

We are looking for candidates to take the role of Site Reliability Engineer and help us to:


  • Main Technologies: IBM MQ for distributed environment and Mainframe Knowledge
  • Additional Technology : TIBCO EMS or Confluent Kafka
  • Provide 3rd level /SRE support for IBM MQ for distributed environment and Mainframe MQ, specifically planning, configuring, building, migrating and administering MQ managers.
  • Mainly building end to end configuration work for MQ for Payments applications. Integration and decom work with Blue side (CS) and Red Side.
  • maintain a risk-aware and secure environment
  • buildup support for cloud technologies and Kafka
  • work with payments application teams to deliver their middleware requirements on time
  • work on automating processes
  • spot problems/toils, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
  • improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of software solutions
  • measure and optimize system performance

Your expertise

  • Bachelor or master degree or equivalent focusing on IT or Computer engineering.
  • Hands on years of experience in a similar position focused on either IBM MQ distributed or mainframe MQ infra
  • Have excellent technical skills in IBM MQ.Ideally these skills will have been gained in a complex operational environment where security and risk aversion are important.
  • Knowledge of the other products like TIBCO EMS or Kafka would be advantageous
  • Have good Unix (Linux) skills. Scripting experience would be advantageous
  • Knowledge of Amelia or other automation tools.
  • Possess ITIL knowledge
  • Possess good general PC skills
  • Have a track record of suggesting and implementation of strategies that increase system reliability and performance
  • Possess ability to solve complex issues, good at problem statement analysis and solution design thinking
  • Shows proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
  • Understanding or experience with SRE/DevOps models would be an advantage
  • Be a team player with good organizational and communication skills
  • Have good written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Can interact well with both Business and IT personnel
  • Can take responsibility for allocated tasks and see them through to successful completion
  • interested in learning new technologies and practices, reuse strategic platforms and standards, evaluate options, and make decisions with long-term sustainability in mind
  • strong communicator, from making presentations to technical writing

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Posted
Nov 19, 2025
Type
Contract
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Zurich

Industries

IT Services IT Consulting

Categories

Information Technology

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