Senior OpenShift Architect

Job Description

Provide Subject Matter Expertise in cloud and hybrid-cloud computing with Red Hat OpenShift container platform; thereby becoming a trusted advisor to influential decision makers.Provide end-to-end technical guidance and expertise on how to effectively use PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service ) to build solutions; creatively applying cloud infrastructure and platform services to help solve business problems; and communicating these approaches to different business audiences cross industries.Work with clients and IBM teams to identify business problems and provide innovative solutions to them while evangelizing and accelerating the adoption of current and future OpenShift technologies.Design and implement Red Hat OpenShift solution architecture in discussions with prospective clients, assess architecture needs for projects, work with Development leads and Designers to scope and craft proposals.Manage problem identification, system architecture definition, software specification and design, implementation, testing, customer training, and deployment of open source solutions.Work to harvest best practices and document lessons learned as part of continuous improvement of our offerings.Explore and develop new technical skills, absorbing professional knowledge quickly. The primary teams that you will work with are IBM GBS Developers & Designers, GBS Application Architects, Customer Product Managers, Subject Matter Experts and infrastructure SMEs.Work with the development teams to design scalable, robust systems using cloud architecture.Build automation using industry tools (like Jenkins, Ansible, etc.) to deploy hundreds of different services.Ensure a high degree of availability across all of our service offerings.Be proficient in one or more cloud providers, including IBM Cloud, RedHat OpenShift, AWS, Azure, GCP.Have experience writing applications using Java, C#, Python, or JavaScript.This position requires up to 100% Global travel. You must be willing to travel.IntroductionAs an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders.Required Professional and Technical Expertise2+ years with cloud solutions in OpenShift5+ years in technical consulting, with demonstrated IT experience in solving enterprise customer problems2+ years in building cloud applications, application development or micro-services and familiarity with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and PaaS2+ years with build/deploy technologies and cloud operations with containers and container management technologies like Kubernetes (preferred) or Docker5+ years with frameworks like Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, or similar and JavaScript or related languagesSoftware development background with solid understanding of and experience in open source software, software development life cycle (SDLC), DevOps with Red Hat Ansible, CI/CD and build management and agile software development methodologies and frameworks like software engineering method and theory (SEMAT) and scrumSolid project management, analytical, and problem-solving skillsAt least 10 years of experience consultingPreferred Professional and Technical ExpertiseRed Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) certification and advantage.Knowledge of the following:Build technologies like Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Bamboo or Cloud Bees.Deployment technologies like Jenkins, GoCD, Automic.Automation and management technologies like Puppet, Chef, or Ansible by Red Hat.Version control technologies like Git (GitHub or GitLab), BitBucket, TFS, or ClearCase.Monitoring (APM) technologies like Splunk, Nagios, AppDynamics, New Relic, or Dynatrace.Other Preferred Experience Includes;Strong experience with Git or equivalent source code repository.Experience with OpenStack or similar proprietary cloud like IBM Cloud, OpenShift, AWS, Azure, GCP.Experience with CI/CD and their pipelines; experience with Zuul, Jenkins, or Bamboo a plus.DevOps experience working with Ansible, Puppet, or Chef a plusExperience with containers and HA clusters; experience with Docker and Kubernetes a plus.Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP networking.,

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