MQ/ Kafka Automation Engineer

TEKsystems•Charlotte, NC

3d•$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. The engineer will use messaging middleware, Infrastructure as Code, and automation technologies to support large-scale, mission-critical environments. This contract position is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and uses a hybrid schedule with three days per week onsite. Candidates must work directly on W-2; 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.