Senior MQ Engineer

Company: Reli Group
Location: Savage
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Description About Us: At RELI Group, our work is grounded in purpose. We partner with government agencies to solve complex challenges, improve public health, strengthen national security, and make government services more effective and efficient. Our team of over 500 professionals brings deep expertise and a shared commitment to delivering meaningful outcomes. Behind every solution is a group of experts who care deeply about impact—whether we’re supporting data-driven decisions, modernizing systems or safeguarding critical programs. Position Summary: RELI Group is seeking an experienced Senior MQ Engineer to support a federal client in their mission-critical defense systems for Homeland Security. In this role, you will be responsible for the daily operations and administration of IBM MQ environments, ensuring secure, reliable message flow across applications. Key responsibilities include monitoring system performance, maintaining security protocols, and documenting processes to uphold high availability and compliance standards. If you have a detail-oriented approach and proven expertise in managing MQ systems, we invite you to be part of our dedicated team working to protect our nation’s critical infrastructure. Responsibilities: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing IBM MQ and Liberty messaging infrastructure, including queue managers, channels, queues, clustering, and high-availability configurations. Monitor system health and performance metrics, identifying and resolving bottlenecks, tuning MQ settings, and optimizing configurations to ensure reliable and efficient operations. Lead enterprise messaging initiatives, including planning, execution, testing, and deployment, while ensuring alignment with business and IT strategies. Provide advanced troubleshooting and serve as the final escalation point for complex MQ and Liberty issues; support junior admins and application teams during integration and issue resolution. Implement and manage security controls, encryption, and auditing across MQ environments to maintain data integrity and meet compliance requirements. Perform capacity planning and resource forecasting to support growth and ensure scalability across enterprise environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams—such as infrastructure, development, and operations—to ensure seamless messaging integration and support. Develop and maintain technical documentation including architecture, procedures, troubleshooting steps, and recovery strategies. Mentor junior MQ administrators, promote best practices, and contribute to standardization efforts across the team. Stay current on MQ technologies, patches, and best practices; recommend and implement enhancements to maintain a competitive and compliant messaging environment. Other tasks as assigned. Qualifications Requirements: 12 years of experience in a MQ Administrator role or in a related field. Experience with WebSphere Active Secret clearance is required. Due to contract requirements, only US Citizens can be considered. Candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered. Candidates must reside within a commutable distance for daily onsite work and on-call requirements. This contract supports systems that require 24x7x365 uptime. This individual must be able to accommodate a rotational on-call schedule as needed. Preferred: IBM System Admin for MQ certification Experience with Liberty Suite ??? EEO Employer: RELI Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. HUBZone: We encourage all candidates who live in a HUBZone to apply. You can check to see if your address is located in a HUBZone by accessing the SBA HUBZone Map . The annual salary range for this position is $90,000 to $120,000. Actual compensation will depend on a range of factors, including but not limited to the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, certifications, location, other business and organizational needs, and applicable employment laws. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. RELI Group provides a variety of additional benefits to its employees. For additional details on the benefits that RELI Group offers click here .

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