Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer - MQ | Plano, TX / Charlotte, NC / Jersey City | W2 ONLY

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Duration: 12-18 months

Location: Plano, TX / Charlotte, NC / Jersey City (local candidates only, in-person interview required)

Required Pay Scale: $80-$85/hr - W2

***Due to client requirements this role is only open to USC or GC candidates***

We are looking for a hands-on infrastructure automation engineer who can translate business and infrastructure requests into technical solutions and build the automation to deliver them. The ideal candidate will have strong Ansible and Terraform experience, hands-on development skills, and experience automating infrastructure across on-premises and public cloud environments.

Project Details

• Ongoing infrastructure automation and cloud engineering initiatives
• Build and maintain automation that can provision, configure, and manage infrastructure across multiple endpoints
• Automate workflows across VMware, Windows, Linux, and public cloud environments
• Support messaging and event-driven infrastructure across on-premises and cloud platforms
• Work in an Agile environment and collaborate with infrastructure, application, and business teams

Must-Haves / Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible , including developing and maintaining automation/playbooks
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation and provisioning
• Hands-on development/coding experience; able to build and troubleshoot automation rather than simply execute existing scripts
• Experience translating business or infrastructure requirements into technical automation solutions
• Experience automating across on-premises infrastructure and public cloud environments
• Experience with MQ (Message Queue) at a basic to mid-level
• Experience with IBM MQ in both on-premises and cloud environments
• Experience with AWS , particularly Amazon MSK
• Experience with Azure Event Hubs
• Experience automating against multiple infrastructure endpoints, such as:
• VMware
• Windows
• Linux
• AWS / Azure
• Experience working in an Agile development environment

What They’ll Do

• Build infrastructure automation using Ansible and Terraform
• Develop automation that can interact with VMware, Windows, Linux, AWS, Azure, and other infrastructure endpoints
• Translate requests from business and infrastructure teams into practical technical solutions
• Automate provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operational tasks
• Support and automate MQ environments , including on-premises IBM MQ and cloud-based messaging technologies
• Work with AWS MSK and Azure Event Hubs as part of cloud messaging/event-driven solutions
• Develop and troubleshoot automation code and scripts
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application, and business teams in an Agile environment
• Identify manual infrastructure processes that can be automated and develop solutions to improve efficiency and consistency

Nice-to-Haves

• Deeper IBM MQ administration or engineering experience
• Experience with additional AWS/Azure infrastructure services
• Python or other scripting/programming experience
• Experience integrating automation with APIs and infrastructure management platforms
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure deployment
• Financial services or other large enterprise experience

About Matlen Silver

Experience Matters. Let your experience be driven by our experience. For more than 40 years, Matlen Silver has delivered solutions for complex talent and technology needs to Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders. Led by hard work, honesty, and a trusted team of experts, we can say that Matlen Silver technology has created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

Matlen Silver is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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At The Matlen Silver Group, Inc., W2 employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance (single and family coverage)
• 401(k) plan (employee contributions only)