Lead Infrastructure as Code, IaC Developer

Role Overview

• Lead large-scale initiatives to automate the provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle operations of IBM MQ Appliances and their queue managers
• Architect and develop reusable IaC components (Terraform, Ansible) for MQ Appliance onboarding, firmware configuration, queue manager provisioning, HA pair setup, failover behaviors, and policy enforcement
• Develop robust APIs using Java Spring Boot to expose MQ queue manager provisioning, configuration, capacity management, certificate automation, and governance workflows
• Design and implement GitOps‑driven workflows to automate updates to MQ Appliance configurations—such as queue manager settings, channels, listeners, routing rules, HA replication, and security configurations
• Build and maintain self‑service platform capabilities enabling developers to request MQ queue managers, queues, channels, certificates, and other MQ resources through intuitive APIs or service catalogs
• Define and enforce MQ Appliance platform standards, including naming conventions, TLS/SSL standards, HA/DR patterns, multi‑site topology guidelines, and enterprise security controls
• Collaborate across engineering, security, and product teams to align MQ automation with organizational priorities and best practices
• Participate in architecture and code reviews while mentoring engineers on MQ Appliance operations, IaC patterns, and automation best practices
• Continuously improve platform reliability, performance, scalability, and operational efficiency through automation, modernization, and enhancements to MQ management tooling

Requirements

• 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of full‑stack software development experience using Java
• 3+ years of experience deploying and operating IBM MQ Appliances
• 3+ years of experience with queue manager design, messaging patterns, and MQ configuration
• 3+ years of experience with IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• 3+ years of experience implementing GitOps or similar automation practices
• 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes/OCP, containerization, and hybrid cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• 2+ years of experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating automation into platform services

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Google Cloud Platform
• Java
• Kubernetes
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• SpringBoot
• Terraform

Benefits

• Telecommuting is not an option for this position
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• Relocation assistance in not available for this position
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship