Platform Automation Engineer

Matlen Silver; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 103,320 - 122,606; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Matlen Silver is looking for a Platform Automation Engineer for an 18-month W2 contract based in Charlotte, NC. The role requires strong expertise in Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD tools to automate certification pipelines. You will work on integrating with MuleSoft and Spring frameworks while ensuring efficient collaboration in distributed teams.

As a vital member of the Development and Operations teams, you'll focus on automating patch certification, enhancing integration pipelines, and maintaining high standards of performance and resilience.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to work in distributed teams.
• Clear technical communication.

Responsibilities

• Create automated certification pipelines for MuleSoft Runtime.
• Develop scalable test harness frameworks.
• Terraform for multi-environment provisioning.
• Integrate APIs with MuleSoft and Spring frameworks.

Skills

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Python

Linux Shell scripting

Cloud AWS

Job description

Job Title: Platform Automation Engineer

Duration: 18 Month W2 Contract

Location: Charlotte, NC

Required Pay Scale: $75-$89/hour

Strong Experience With:

• Ansible
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes/OpenShift)
• Python
• Linux Shell scripting
• Cloud AWS (Azure is also okay)

Deep Understanding Of:

• REST APIs
• API gateway patterns
• Integration architectures
• AI-assisted automation or intelligent testing frameworks
• MuleSoft Runtime Fabric / container deployments
• Automated patch management frameworks
• Performance and load testing tools
• Observability tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Event-driven architectures
• Multi-cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Reusable testing frameworks across domains
• Platform engineering and internal developer platforms
• Enterprise integration patterns
• API lifecycle governance

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Ability to work in distributed teams
• Clear technical communication
• Ownership mindset with automation-first approach

Automating patch certification, testing, and delivery pipelines for MuleSoft runtime and Spring-based integration platforms. This role will design, build, and operate fully automated, scalable certification frameworks and integration pipelines supporting enterprise API ecosystems.

• Automating Mule Runtime patch certification and delivery
• Automating Spring Cloud Gateway / Spring Integration patch validation
• Building test harnesses and orchestration frameworks
• Driving DevOps practices using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting

Typical Deliverables Include:

• Fully automated Mule runtime patch certification workflow and delivery pipeline
• Fully automated Spring Gateway/Integration patch certification workflow and delivery pipeline
• Test harness that runs hundreds of integration scenarios
• Terraform-driven environment setup for certification testing
• Ansible-based automated patch rollout

Key Responsibilities:

• Platform Automation Certification
  • Design and implement automated certification pipelines for MuleSoft Runtime (major/minor/patch versions)
  • Design and implement automated certification pipelines for Spring Cloud Gateway and Spring Integration frameworks (major/minor/patch versions)
  • Automate validation of compatibility across runtime environments (VM, containers, cloud)
  • Build end-to-end patch validation workflows including:
    • Deployment
    • Functional testing
    • Non-functional validation (performance, resiliency)
• Test Harness Orchestration
  • Develop scalable test harness frameworks with multiple test scenarios (functional, integration)
  • Develop scalable test harness frameworks with data-driven test execution models
  • Build orchestration layers to:
    • Trigger automated workflows
    • Manage certification lifecycle
    • Integrate with CI/CD pipelines
  • Enable reusable testing patterns for integration systems
• DevOps Infrastructure Automation
  • Terraform for multi-environment provisioning
  • Ansible for configuration management and patch execution
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Git-based workflows)
  • Automated deployment and rollback strategies
  • Implement observability and operational monitoring hooks
• Develop APIs and integrations using:
  • MuleSoft Any point Platform
  • Spring Boot / Spring Cloud / Spring Integration
  • API lifecycle management
  • Gateway configuration and optimization
  • Support hybrid environments (on-prem, cloud, container platforms)
  • Ensure patching aligns with vulnerability remediation strategies
  • Automate compliance validation within pipelines
  • Integrate security scanning and drift detection

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 have created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at email and/or phone at: [e-mail] // 908-393-8600

Benefits

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