MQ/ Kafka Automation Engineer
TEKsystems•Jersey City, NJ
•$90 - $90•Hybrid
About The Position
TEKsystems is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support and automate enterprise messaging platforms across the organization. The role focuses on IBM MQ and Confluent Kafka administration, engineering, automation, and cloud-based deployments in large-scale, mission-critical environments. The position is a hybrid contract role based in Jersey City, New Jersey, with three onsite days per week. Direct W-2 work is required; C2C is not accepted.
Requirements
- 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 on messaging integrations and platform reliability.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan, with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Voluntary life insurance and AD&D coverage for the employee and dependents
- Short- and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time off/leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave; eligibility and terms apply
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