These are evergreen roles with this leader at QT
- Looking for 7+ years of experience
- Looking at local to Tulsa or willing to relo only for now
- USC/GC Ideally
- 5 days onsite but once up to speed he is very flexible with a hybrid schedule
- Bill Rate $110-$150-The higher rate would be for principle/architect level. Could go as high as $160
Systems Engineer (DevOps / Infrastructure as Code)
Location: Tulsa, OK (On Site)
Type: 6-Month Contract with Strong Likelihood of Extension
Experience: 7+ Years
About the Role
Join a 15-person Systems and Cybersecurity Engineering team supporting enterprise technology initiatives for a large Tulsa-based retailer. This role is focused on designing, building, and automating infrastructure that powers major business projects, from Azure modernization efforts to warehouse technology deployments.
This is a project-based engineering role, not an operations, support, or server administration position. You'll work across cloud, virtualization, identity, automation, and platform initiatives, building infrastructure as code and helping deliver new technology capabilities across the organization.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and manage infrastructure as code across Azure, VMware, and other enterprise platforms using Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
- Translate high-level architecture into technical requirements and implementation plans
- Represent engineering in cross-functional project meetings and collaborate with architecture, security, infrastructure, and business teams
- Scope, estimate, plan, and execute your own work within agile project cycles
- Integrate new technologies and vendor solutions with existing infrastructure, identity, and security standards
- Support strategic initiatives such as Azure landing zones, warehouse technology rollouts, infrastructure modernization, and new platform deployments
- Automate repetitive processes and improve operational efficiency through Infrastructure as Code and engineering best practices
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, or DevOps Engineering
- Strong experience building and managing production infrastructure using Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience deploying and automating Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, ARM, or Bicep
- Experience with VMware or similar enterprise virtualization platforms
- Experience supporting cross-functional implementation projects in large, fast-paced environments
- Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and drive projects forward with limited oversight
- Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Azure Landing Zones
- HashiCorp Packer
- HashiCorp Vault
- Identity and access management integrations, including Okta and SailPoint
- Experience supporting both cloud and on-premises infrastructure environments
- Exposure to modern platform engineering and automation practices
What We're Looking For
We're seeking a well-rounded infrastructure engineer who enjoys solving a variety of technology challenges. The ideal candidate is comfortable moving between cloud platforms, virtualization, automation, identity integrations, and infrastructure modernization projects as business needs evolve.
This role is best suited for someone who enjoys building and automating systems, not someone focused primarily on day-to-day operations, support, or server administration.
Qualifying Questions
- Have you used Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines to build and manage production infrastructure in Azure?
- Have you designed or implemented infrastructure as code across Azure, VMware, or similar enterprise environments?
- Have you served as a lead engineer on cross-functional implementation projects, translating requirements into technical deliverables and managing your own project work?
- Do you have 7+ years of hands-on Infrastructure, Platform, Systems, or DevOps Engineering experience?
- Do you live in or near Tulsa and have the ability to work on site?
My only additional recommendation: If this is for the same manager, I'd consider changing the title from "Systems Engineer" to "Senior Systems Engineer (DevOps / Infrastructure as Code)". The role description reads more senior than a typical Systems Engineer and will better attract engineers with strong Terraform, Azure, VMware, and project ownership experience.
Detail around some of the projects in flight: Projects and tech stack
The Enterprise AI project kicking off next week is the most likely source of new contractor demand. Azure modernization and DevOps are where he says he could use help now. | Project | Status | What it means for his team |
| Enterprise AI | Kicks off next week; plan not yet defined | Foundation work for AI platforms; telemetry, Splunk FinOps dashboards already built informally; may need contractors |
| Shared Claude skill for cross-team project work | Team ideating now | Manage multi-team project work in Azure DevOps (ADO) via a Claude skill; asked by Stacy |
| Azure redesign / landing zones | ~1.5 years in | Move from old dev/stage/prod subscriptions to modern landing zones with Terraform |
| HashiCorp tooling | Ongoing upskill | Terraform, Packer, Vault adopted alongside Azure |
| Manhattan WMS rollout | Tulsa live last year; Elwood in progress; two Texas warehouses next; ~4-year plan | Infrastructure (print servers, integrations) largely in place; warehouse Wi-Fi refresh for new handhelds |
| Cribl data pipeline | Coming soon | Logs route through Cribl before Splunk; heavy cyber validation of logs and dashboards |
| Containers / Kubernetes | Hoping to kick off | First container platform; cyber must build guardrails before app teams (Kevin's) build microservices |
| Windows client engineering | Ongoing | Desktop-side engineering |
| Warehouse forklift system update | In progress | Systems/cyber support |
