Role: MQ Automation Engineer – Chef Cookbook Development

Location : Dallas, TX - onsite (LOCAL ONLY)

Skill : IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ) is mandatory

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Role - MQ Automation Engineer (Chef cookbook Development)|

Location - Dallas 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 oIBM 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 C/ICD pipelines (e.g.| Jenkins| Git-based workflows) Version control systems (BitbucketGit)

Essential Skills: Role - MQ Automation Engineer (Chef cookbook Development)| Location - Dallas 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 kitchenscape tests for cook books Validate automation against performance| resiliency| and compliance requirements Ensure deployments are repeatable and eliminate manual configuration drif 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