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Job Title: AI Automation Developer
Duration: 18 Month W2 Contract
Location: Chandler, AZ - Hybrid 3 day onsite
Required Pay Scale: $80 - $89/hour

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build an enterprise automation platform that identifies, prioritizes, tests, and supports remediation of vulnerabilities across Java middleware environments running on RHEL Linux. This role combines software engineering, automation, vulnerability management, middleware expertise, and AI-assisted development to improve the speed, accuracy, and scalability of vulnerability response processes. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic AI workflows, automation engineering, testing frameworks, and enterprise middleware platforms.

Key Responsibilities

AI & Automation Engineering:

- Design and develop intelligent automation workflows that identify vulnerabilities and map them to remediation actions.
- Build agent-based or AI-assisted workflows leveraging LLMs, generative AI tools, and AI coding assistants.
- Create automation solutions that improve vulnerability detection, remediation recommendations, testing, and release readiness.
- Continuously improve platform coverage, accuracy, and effectiveness through intelligent workflow enhancements.

Vulnerability Management & Remediation:

- Identify, prioritize, and track vulnerabilities across enterprise middleware environments.
- Evaluate issues based on severity, exploitability, business impact, and dependency context.
- Support remediation planning and execution by connecting vulnerability analysis to actionable fixes.
- Work with CVEs, vendor advisories, security scanning tools, and remediation workflows.

Testing & Quality Engineering:

- Define and automate regression, certification, and validation testing strategies.
- Execute, monitor, and improve automated test suites across middleware platforms.
- Generate release notes, testing evidence, certification artifacts, and readiness documentation.
- Enhance overall testing effectiveness and automation coverage.

Middleware & Platform Engineering:

- Support and automate enterprise Java middleware environments.
- Build scalable engineering solutions and reference architectures.
- Troubleshoot, package, deploy, and maintain middleware applications on RHEL Linux.
- Integrate automation capabilities into existing middleware and release management processes.

DevOps & CI/CD:

- Integrate solutions into CI/CD pipelines and release automation frameworks.
- Utilize configuration management and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible.
- Support enterprise deployment, packaging, and release management processes.

Required Qualifications

AI & Agentic AI Experience:

- Hands-on experience with:
- LLMs (Large Language Models)
- Generative AI tools
- AI coding assistants
- Agentic AI workflows
- Intelligent automation solutions
- Experience implementing AI-driven workflows within software delivery or engineering environments.

Software Engineering & Automation:

- Strong background in:
- Software Engineering
- Automation Engineering
- Platform Engineering
- Experience developing automation solutions using:
- Python
- Java
- Ansible

Testing Experience:

- Experience designing and executing automated testing strategies.
- Understanding of regression testing, certification testing, and release validation.
- Familiarity with test automation frameworks.

CI/CD & DevOps:

- Experience integrating solutions into CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of release automation and deployment processes.
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation and configuration management practices.

Vulnerability Management:

- Strong understanding of:
- Vulnerability identification
- Risk prioritization
- Remediation workflows
- Security scanning ecosystems
- CVEs and vendor advisories

Preferred Qualifications

Enterprise Middleware Expertise

Deep experience supporting and troubleshooting Java middleware platforms, including:
- Apache HTTP Server
- Apache Tomcat
- JBoss EAP
- Oracle WebLogic
- IBM WebSphere
- Java Runtime Environments (JRE/JDK)

Linux & Enterprise Infrastructure

- Strong experience with RHEL Linux.
- Experience building, packaging, and deploying software in enterprise environments.
- Knowledge of cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.

Additional Preferred Skills

- Cucumber/Gherkin test automation frameworks
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
- Configuration management tools
- Enterprise release, artifact, and certification management processes
- Multi-tier enterprise application environments

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer who combines:
- AI/Agentic AI development experience
- Python and/or Java development expertise
- Middleware engineering knowledge
- Vulnerability management and security remediation experience
- Automated testing background
- CI/CD and Ansible experience
- RHEL Linux administration and troubleshooting skills

This person should be comfortable building intelligent automation platforms that bridge vulnerability detection, remediation guidance, automated testing, and release readiness within large-scale enterprise environments.

About Matlen Silver

Experience Matters. Let your experience be driven by our experience. For more than 40 years, Matlen Silver has delivered solutions for complex talent and technology needs to Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders. Led by hard work, honesty, and a trusted team of experts, we can say that Matlen Silver technology has created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

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If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at email and/or phone at: info@matlensilver.com // 908-393-8600

At The Matlen Silver Group, Inc., W2 employees are eligible for the following benefits:

- Health, vision, and dental insurance (single and family coverage)
- 401(k) plan (employee contributions only)