10th September, 2026

Position: Senior Systems Administrator (WebSphere & MQ on Mainframe)

Client: Public Sector

Location: Ottawa (Remote)

Duration: Long-term, with three-month extensions

Language: English

Security Clearance: Secret

Background:

Our public sector client requires a Secret-cleared Senior Systems Administrator (WebSphere & MQ on Mainframe) to maintain day-to-day operations, complete project deliverables/tasks, and meet Service Level Agreements, as there is a shortage of in-house resources with this skill set.

The following skillset is required:

- WebSphere (WAS)
- MQ Series
- CICS , CTG, CICS Configuration Manager
- HTTP / IHS / APACHE Servers
- Java

Qualifications:

- Active Secret clearance with the federal government (MUST HAVE)
- 10+ years with z/OS technology experience
- 7+ years of WebSphere Application Server experience, building deployment managers and clusters
- Experience with CICS and CTG on z/OS
- Experience working within the Government of Canada or broader public sector environments is nice to have

Expected Tasks:

- Cooperation with management in regard to knowledge transfer; establishment of a formal consultant knowledge transfer plan.
- Install, maintain, and troubleshoot production z/OS WebSphere Application Server infrastructure (including HTTP / IHS / APACHE Servers);
- Assisting in providing ongoing support of WAS and MQ for z/OS as it pertains to project objectives.

For example: develop current WAS deployment managers and application servers, configure WAS Java Batch and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) timers, install Application Resources in WAS for z/OS





- Documenting the above IT Operations for MOD
- Maintaining in-depth technical awareness of project issues, project status, and future software upgrades/maintenance to WAS and MQ, products.
- Communicating technical issues and work plan with other technical specialists, Operations, Clients, Application developers and MOD management.
- Participating in performance and system resource availability improvements as it relates to WAS, MQ, and CICS support.
- Using automation as much as possible and developing Scripts for building and installing WAS servers in various states to reduce errors.
- Managing time and prioritizing work to meet the requested deadlines.
- Identifying performance challenges and implementing performance improvement and functional requirement strategies;
- Creating and maintaining documentation, such as but not limited to: installation, maintenance, support, specification, architecture, build, backup/ restore procedures;
- Participation in the development and creation of final build strategies as necessary;
- Install, test, and maintain WebSphere servers and MQ series subsystems, in various mainframe z/OS development and production environments.
- Installing, maintaining, and supporting WAS / MQ and several software products under z/OS;
- Monitoring the service management ticketing systems and responding to Incident Requests (IR) and Request for Changes (RFC)
- Installing and configuring various monitoring or management tools such as ITCAM;

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Please note this is for a contract position with one of our clients and not a fulltime employment role with Kyndryl Canada

📌 Senior Systems Administrator (WebSphere & MQ on Mainframe) (Ontario)
🏢 Kyndryl Canada
📍 Ontario