Role & responsibilities Seeking an experienced IBM MQ Engineer / Architect with strong containerization and Kubernetes knowledge to lead the migration of IBM MQ workloads from Amazon EC2 to Amazon EKS. The role will own assessment, target-state design, migration planning, build, testing, cutover, and post-migration stabilization for a secure, highly available, and observable IBM MQ platform running on Kubernetes. Preferred candidate profile Assess the current IBM MQ estate running on EC2, including queue managers, channels, clustering, HA/DR setup, storage, security, monitoring, and dependencies. Define the target architecture for IBM MQ on EKS, including container strategy, namespace design, networking, persistent storage, secrets handling, and high availability. Design and implement IBM MQ containerization patterns using Docker/OCI images and Kubernetes-native deployment approaches. Build and manage deployment automation for IBM MQ on EKS using Helm, Kubernetes manifests, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code where applicable. Plan and execute migration from EC2 to EKS with minimal disruption, including environment setup, data persistence strategy, queue manager migration, rollback planning, and cutover support. Configure persistent volumes, storage classes, backup, restore, and disaster recovery for stateful IBM MQ workloads on Kubernetes. Implement security controls including TLS, certificate management, IAM integration, secrets management, encryption, and platform hardening. Partner with application, middleware, infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to validate connectivity, performance, and production readiness. Establish monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability for IBM MQ on EKS using enterprise tooling. Tune performance, capacity, and resilience characteristics for containerized MQ workloads. Produce architecture documents, runbooks, SOPs, migration plans, and operational handover materials. Support hypercare and post-production stabilization after migration. Required Skills 7+ years of hands-on experience with IBM MQ administration and engineering. Strong experience with IBM MQ queue managers, channels, listeners, clustering, client connectivity, SSL/TLS, and troubleshooting. Hands-on experience containerizing middleware platforms, ideally IBM MQ. Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS, including pods, StatefulSets, services, ingress/network policies, volumes, config maps, secrets, and RBAC. Experience migrating stateful enterprise workloads from virtual machines or EC2 to Kubernetes. Strong understanding of AWS infrastructure, including EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, EBS/EFS, load balancing, Route 53, CloudWatch, and security controls. Experience with CI/CD and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Terraform, Ansible, or similar. Knowledge of Linux administration, shell scripting, and container runtime concepts. Experience with monitoring and logging platforms such as Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics. Strong troubleshooting skills across middleware, OS, networking, storage, and cloud layers. Preferred Skills Experience with IBM MQ Operator or similar Kubernetes-native operational models. Prior experience designing HA/DR for IBM MQ on Kubernetes. Experience with service mesh, certificate automation, and secrets platforms such as HashiCorp Vault. Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns involving IBM MQ, APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems. Exposure to regulated environments with strong audit, security, and resiliency requirements. Experience with OpenShift is a plus. Looking Only immediate joiner if interested pls share resume on uk00753470@techmahindra.com