The following requirement is open with our client.
Title : MQ Automation Engineer
Location : Dallas, TX (Onsite)
Pay rate : $45 - $49/hr on W2
Duration : 6+ Months
Relevant Experience (in Yrs.): 8+yrs.
Roles & Responsibilities:
MQ Automation Engineer – Chef Cookbook Development
· MQ Automation Engineer (Chef cookbook Development)
· Role Overview We are seeking a hands-on Automation Engineer with strong Chef expertise to design| develop| and maintain Chef cookbooks for IBM MQ build and configuration management.
· This role is critical in driving Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) adoption| standardizing MQ deployments| and enabling automated| repeatable| and compliant messaging platform provisioning across hybrid and cloud environments.
· The ideal candidate combines strong MQ platform knowledge with Chef-based automation| and has experience delivering end-to-end lifecycle automation for queue managers| infrastructure configuration| and operational tooling.
· Key Responsibilities Design| develop| and maintain Chef cookbooks to automate
· IBM MQ installation| upgrade and patching
· Queue manager creation and configuration
· MQ object deployment (queues| channels| listeners) Build idempotent Chef roles and recipes ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments across environments Ensure configuration parity across Dev
· QA| and Prod environments through Chef deployments Integrate Chef cookbooks into CICD pipelines for automated MQ provisioning and updates Version| test| and promote cookbooks through controlled environments Develop and execute unit| integration| and kitcheninspec tests for cookbooks Validate automation against performance| resiliency| and compliance requirements Ensure deployments are repeatable and eliminate manual configuration drift Provide L3 support for automation-related issues in MQ environments Contribute to standards| best practices| and automation frameworks Required Qualifications Strong hands-on experience with Chef (cookbooks| recipes| roles| environments)5 years of experience in configuration management IaC automation Working knowledge of IBM MQ administration
· Queue managers| channels| clustering
· MQ configuration (QM.INI| logging| security) Experience with Linux Unix environments Familiarity with
· CICD pipelines (e.g.,| Jenkins| Git-based workflows) Version control systems (Bitbucket Git)
Must Have Skills:
Automation Engineer
IBM MQ (Message Queue), Chef Cookbook
Infrastructure (IaC), Design, Development,
CI/CD, integration, Jenkins, Git,
Version control systems (Bitbucket Git)
Thanks & regards,
Naveen Yarramsetty
Technical Recruiter | ASCII Group, LLC
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