W2-Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Title: Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid)
Duration: 6+ months
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• We are looking for an Infrastructure Automation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in AWS, IBM WebSphere, and Terraform. The ideal candidate will be responsible for automating infrastructure provisioning, WebSphere administration, deployment workflows, and configuration management across enterprise environments.
• This role requires a strong foundation in cloud infrastructure, middleware operations, DevOps practices, and scripting. The candidate should be comfortable working in production-grade environments and driving automation to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and support scalable operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure automation on AWS using Terraform.
• Manage and automate IBM WebSphere Application Server administration tasks.
• Build and maintain scripts for WebSphere configuration, deployment, and validation.
• Support CI/CD pipeline integration using tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Automate environment provisioning, configuration changes, and deployment processes.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure and middleware issues.
• Collaborate with application, DevOps, release, and platform teams for smooth delivery.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and enterprise deployment standards.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, and Load Balancers.
• Strong experience in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience administering IBM WebSphere Application Server.
• Experience with WebSphere scripting using wsadmin and Jython.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or other CI/CD tools.
• Good scripting knowledge in Python, Shell, or similar.
• Good understanding of Linux or Unix systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Git-based source control and deployment workflows.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in enterprise middleware automation projects
• Knowledge of WebSphere deployment, data source setup, SSL, JVM tuning, and thread pool management
• Exposure to hybrid cloud or on-prem plus cloud environments
• Understanding of release management and production support processes
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure, middleware, or DevOps automation.
• Proven experience working with AWS, Terraform, and WebSphere in enterprise environments.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong ownership and execution mindset.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced delivery environment.
• Good communication and stakeholder coordination skills.