Kafka, Linux, Terraform

Tata Consultancy Services; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX seeks a senior IT security and automation specialist to design and implement secure, automated infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments.

You will drive Terraform, Python and Ansible work, translate business requirements into automated solutions, and collaborate with engineering, security and operations teams to protect data and systems.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of hands-on software development experience.
• Update existing automation programs and develop infrastructure automation for deploying and managing Confluent Kafka in clouds.
• Hands-on Terraform and Python/Ansible development experience is a must.
• Capture business requirements and design solutions with engineering and operations teams.
• Develop testing automation and troubleshoot problems during testing.
• Analyze IT security standards and policies for high complexity projects.
• Provide IT security and automation expertise and baseline security policies.
• Identify threats and risks and make recommendations to prevent these issues.
• Ensure secure environments across business and technology groups.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure, automated infrastructure and processes.
• Collaborate with application development/support teams to understand usage of messaging protocols.
• Develop and maintain testing automation frameworks and troubleshoot issues.
• Assess IT security standards and drive risk-based security controls across projects.

Skills

Terraform

Python

Ansible

Automation

Tools

Confluent Kafka

Job description

• 7 - 10 years of hands‑on experience of software development.
• Understand update existing automation programs and develop new infrastructure automation for deploying and managing Confluent Kafka in internal or external cloud.
• Hands‑on development experience of Terraform and Python/Ansible is must.
• Capture business requirements from LOBs and design solution in collaboration with engineering and operations teams.
• Work closely with Application Development/Support teams to understand the usage of messaging protocols within application software. Document the business requirements and develop plans to address the problem/requirement.
• Develop testing automation and troubleshoot problems during testing.
• Analyze IT security standards and policies for multiple projects of high complexity.
• Responsible for providing IT security and automation expertise.
• Provides baseline security standards and policies for multiple projects of high complexity.
• Will be identifying potential threats and risks and making recommendations to prevent these issues.
• Key individual contributor, with accountability for enabling secure environments (processes and technologies) for the business and technology groups.
• Utilizes technical and business knowledge to design and implement secure, risk‑based solutions, exercising judgment within broadly defined practices and policies.
• Results oriented, business focused, and successful at interfacing across multiple organizational units, at various levels.