Title: Infrastructure Automation Engineer (AWS, Terraform & WebSphere) Location: Westwood, MA & Johnston, RI (Hybrid) Duration: 6 months+ (Long term)
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Job Summary
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, datasource 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

Infrastructure Automation Engineer (AWS, Terraform & WebSphere)

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