Key skills
JenkinsGitBitbucketVersion ControlCI/CD
About this role
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:
o IBM MQ installation, upgrade and patching
o Queue manager creation and configuration
o 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 CI/CD pipelines for automated MQ provisioning and updates
Version, test, and promote cookbooks through controlled environments
Develop and execute unit, integration, and kitchen/inspec 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:
o Queue managers, channels, clustering
o MQ configuration (QM.INI, logging, security)
Experience with Linux/Unix environments
Familiarity with:
o CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git-based workflows)
o Version control systems (Bitbucket/Git)