MQ Middleware Administration Engineer, AVP

Company: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details. Job Summary : Senior level Messaging Middleware engineer responsible for implementing complex integration needs around messaging middleware technologies to accomplish technical and strategic objectives. This position is responsible for the planning and administration of technical support surrounding IBM WebSphere MQ, Red hat AMQ, Amazon MQ and Confluent Kafka. Capabilities include installation and on-going administration. Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debugging programs for software enhancements and new products. The engineering function captures individuals responsible for providing on-going complex enterprise production technical support and troubleshooting. Day-to-day focus is on the resolution of complex problems or transactions, where expertise is required to interpret against policies, guidelines or processes. Role at this level usually has full ownership for one or more processes, reports, procedures or products, and may also be considered analytical or procedural experts representing a unit or team on cross-function process or project deliverables. Responsibilities: Multiple Installations of middleware products on-premises and in AWS Installation of related tools, support packages, scripts, etc. Verification of installation and configuration Setup Monitoring and alerting Development and documentation of Operational procedures (including CI/CD scripts) as necessary to support day-to-day processing. Provide general guidance and best practices as appropriate according to MUFG standards Production support Activities, troubleshooting, High Availability & Disaster Recovery Support application testing requirements including, but not limited to: POC development and testing support Testing with internal applications Testing with External Partners Component Failure and Disaster Recovery testing Performance and Stress testing Support of Migration tests, Dress Rehearsals Qualifications: 5-10 years of hands-on experience supporting and administrating enterprise Messaging Middleware environments Knowledge of: IBM MQ IBM IIB Redhat AMQ Amazon MQ Confluent Kafka DevOps, Containers & OpenShift experience AWS Implementation understanding and capabilities ELK (Elasticsearch, logstash and kibana). Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience The typical base pay range for this role is between $115K - $150K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below. MUFG Benefits Summary We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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