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Introduction

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Your Role and Responsibilities

The IBM Z Ecosystem Solution Admin & DevOps Engineer is an expert level admin with deep expertise in containerized environments and web servers with DevOps focus as well as traditional Linux solutions. Expertise in Linux (Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu) integrated with Docker / Kubernetes, DevOps, and Nginx / Apache, ldap and open sourced databases such as MariaDB are essential for role success. This role is responsible for defining, administering and supporting new and existing container based infrastructures as well as traditional Linux infrastructures, including coordinating the technical resolution infrastructure problems through knowledge of platform design and development. This role will collaborate with and assist teams with different skills to resolve problems and return infrastructure to operational status, including performing support related to all infrastructure issues, correcting design defects, and developing solutions to stabilize environments. In addition, this role will facilitate communications between technical teams and customers to ensure technical support requests are resolved rapidly with user satisfaction.

Primary duties:

• Setting up and administering container-based infrastructures

• Setting up and administering Linux infrastructure in a cloud environment utilizing Open Stack

• Implementing and managing DevOps pipelines

• Ensuring high-performance and availability of the infrastructure and systems

• Configuring reverse proxies, ingresses and web servers for multi-instance environments

• Troubleshooting and resolving incidents

• Provide technical user support

• Updating technical teams on project status

• Writing and maintaining solution technical documentation

• Maintaining communication with product customers

• Support on technical solution through research and evaluations of technology

• Assist in delivery of high-quality and innovative solutions

• Follow IBM Guidelines and ensure solution compliance with IBM ITSS

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Expert in Linux Administration and infrastructure support (5+ years, Senior level)

• Expert working knowledge of Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu Linux Distributions (5+ years, Senior level)

• Expert knowledge of Linux scripting to support automations (5+ years, Senior level)

• Expert in root cause log analysis (5+ years, Senior level)

• Expert in OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure support (5+ years, Senior level)

• Experience with open source database, webservers and ldap

• Experience with KVM configuration and support

• Expert in Nginx / Apache web servers / reverse proxies

• Experience in DevOps pipelines creation (Travis CI, Bash scripting)

• Expert in container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes / OpenShift)

• Experience & knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and their security/sessions/logging aspects

• Experience in integration with 3rd party platforms/solution through REST APIs

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Comfortable with settings up and working with web servers and database layer

• Experience setting up and configuring database instances (MySQL / MariaDB / PostgreSQL)

• At least 5-year experience as a System Administrator

• Experience in Cloud and Open Source development processes and tools

• Readiness to work in US Eastern time zones

• Proven problem solving skills

• Demonstrated effective communication skills

• Demonstrated teamwork

• Highly self-motivated and resourceful

• Aptitude to learn and apply knowledge quickly

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Working knowledge of IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

• Agile Scrum expertise

• Jira experience

About Business UnitIBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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