MQ & Kafka Automation Engineer - Hybrid

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Job summary

TEKsystems seeks an experienced MQ/Kafka Automation Engineer to support and automate enterprise messaging platforms, focusing on IBM MQ and Confluent Kafka.

The role requires automating deployments with Terraform, Python, and Ansible, managing MQ Queue Managers, and ensuring platform reliability in hybrid Charlotte, NC environments. Direct W2 engagement applies for this contract role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ administration and engineering.
• Experience supporting MQ Queue Managers, queues, channels, and enterprise messaging environments.
• Hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka in production environments.
• Strong Terraform experience for Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong Python and Ansible development experience.

Responsibilities

• Support and engineer enterprise messaging platforms, including IBM MQ and Confluent Kafka.
• Automate platform deployments, configuration management, and operational processes using Terraform, Python, and Ansible.
• Administer MQ Queue Managers, queues, channels, and messaging infrastructure in large enterprise environments.
• Support Kafka platform deployments and ongoing operational management.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions for public and private cloud environments.
• Collaborate with application teams to support messaging integrations and ensure platform reliability.

Skills

MQ administration

Confluent Kafka

Terraform

Python

Ansible

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

MQ Queue Managers

Job description

TEKsystems seeks an experienced MQ/Kafka Automation Engineer to support and automate enterprise messaging platforms, focusing on IBM MQ and Confluent Kafka.

The role requires automating deployments with Terraform, Python, and Ansible, managing MQ Queue Managers, and ensuring platform reliability in hybrid Charlotte, NC environments. Direct W2 engagement applies for this contract role.