Platform Automation Engineer

Job Title: Platform Automation Engineer

Duration: 18 Month W2 Contract

Location: Charlotte, NC

Required Pay Scale: $75-$89/hour

• Ansible
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• CI/CD tools (Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes/Open Shift)
• Python
• Linux Shell scripting
• Cloud AWS (Azure is also okay)

• REST APIs
• API gateway patterns
• Integration architectures
• AI-assisted automation or intelligent testing frameworks
• Mule Soft Runtime Fabric / container deployments
• Automated patch management frameworks
• Performance and load testing tools
• Observability tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Event-driven architectures
• Multi-cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Reusable testing frameworks across domains
• Platform engineering and internal developer platforms
• Enterprise integration patterns
• API lifecycle governance

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Ability to work in distributed teams
• Clear technical communication
• Ownership mindset with automation-first approach

Automating patch certification, testing, and delivery pipelines for Mule Soft runtime and Spring-based integration platforms. This role will design, build, and operate fully automated, scalable certification frameworks and integration pipelines supporting enterprise API ecosystems.

• Automating Mule Runtime patch certification and delivery
• Automating Spring Cloud Gateway / Spring Integration patch validation
• Building test harnesses and orchestration frameworks
• Driving Dev Ops practices using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting

• Fully automated Mule runtime patch certification workflow and delivery pipeline
• Fully automated Spring Gateway/Integration patch certification workflow and delivery pipeline
• Test harness that runs hundreds of integration scenarios
• Terraform-driven environment setup for certification testing
• Ansible-based automated patch rollout

• Platform Automation Certification
  • Design and implement automated certification pipelines for Mule Soft Runtime (major/minor/patch versions)
  • Design and implement automated certification pipelines for Spring Cloud Gateway and Spring Integration frameworks (major/minor/patch versions)
  • Automate validation of compatibility across runtime environments (VM, containers, cloud)
  • Build end-to-end patch validation workflows including:
    • Deployment
    • Functional testing
    • Non-functional validation (performance, resiliency)
• Test Harness Orchestration
  • Develop scalable test harness frameworks with multiple test scenarios (functional, integration)
  • Develop scalable test harness frameworks with data-driven test execution models
  • Build orchestration layers to:
    • Trigger automated workflows
    • Manage certification lifecycle
    • Integrate with CI/CD pipelines
  • Enable reusable testing patterns for integration systems
• Dev Ops Infrastructure Automation
  • Terraform for multi-environment provisioning
  • Ansible for configuration management and patch execution
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Git-based workflows)
  • Automated deployment and rollback strategies
  • Implement observability and operational monitoring hooks
• Develop APIs and integrations using:
  • Mule Soft Any point Platform
  • Spring Boot / Spring Cloud / Spring Integration
  • API lifecycle management
  • Gateway configuration and optimization
  • Support hybrid environments (on-prem, cloud, container platforms)
  • Ensure patching aligns with vulnerability remediation strategies
  • Automate compliance validation within pipelines
  • Integrate security scanning and drift detection

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• Health, vision, and dental insurance (single and family coverage)
• 401(k) plan…