Infrastructure Specialist

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, let’s talk.

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet. Within IBM Consulting, Asset Engineering Services is a group who build software products and repeatable solutions to accompany and support multiple consulting and services engagements across different clients.

Asset Engineering is looking for a motivated and seasoned Infrastructure Specialist to join our global team to deliver outstanding results for both internal/external clients.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an Infrastructure Specialist at IBM, you will support the infrastructure running industries likes transportation, energy, insurance, banking or healthcare which are rapidly changing as the worlds relationship with technology evolves. Ready to help our clients take the next step forward? Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premises, off-premises, or a hybrid approach. As an Associate Infrastructure Specialist, you’ll be responsible for keeping up with the latest changes, using your expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our clients and products. In your role you may be responsible for:

• Define, analyze, and review technical architecture on required platform and coming up with architecture options and recommendations.
• Define, detail, and scope the technical requirements into solutions.
• Work across key activities in configuration, systems management tools and backup and recovery
• Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• OpenShift/Kubernetes: Managing clusters, deployments, services, Helm charts and Operator. Docker: Containerization and image management.
• CI/CD: Automating pipelines with Boomerang.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with IBM Cloud. Monitoring/Logging: Using Instana, IBM Log Analysis
• Networking/Security: Kubernetes/IBM Cloud network policies. Scripting: Automation using Bash, Python
• Expertise on DetectSecrets and Twistlock Image Scan. Troubleshooting: Debugging clusters, containers, and networking issues.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge of Model Ops practices on cloud and containerization
• Git: Version control for collaboration.
• Experience on IBM Bluefringe