Infrastructure Specialist, System Administration

IBM

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TL;DR · Infrastructure Specialist, System Administration

The Infrastructure Specialist - System Administration joins the IBM Consulting team to provide 24/7 technical support for cloud-based solutions. This role involves building, setting up, and maintaining development tools, infrastructure, and networking components across various applications, middleware, and security layers. You will develop and configure infrastructure as code using Ansible and Terraform for Windows, Linux, and Unix environments. Key responsibilities include managing logging clusters with Logstash, ElasticSearch, and Kibana, resolving issues with APIs, microservices, and Kubernetes nodes, and ensuring system security through load balancing and CDN options. You will also manage cloud elasticity, auto-scaling, and DR failover capabilities while providing service management reports. The role requires expertise in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, alongside ITIL processes and database administration for MYSQL, MSSQL, and PostgreSQL.

What you'll do

  • Develop and configure infrastructure and configuration as code using Ansible and Terraform.
  • Deploy and maintain cloud applications across Dev, Test, and Production environments on Windows, Linux, and Unix servers.
  • Identify and fix technical problems while installing software updates to ensure system security against cyber threats.
  • Install and maintain a logging cluster using Logstash, ElasticSearch, and Kibana to parse application and docker container logs.
  • Resolve technical issues involving APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes nodes, middleware, and networking components.
  • Manage cloud elasticity by auto-scaling resources and ensuring DR and manual redundancy failover capabilities.
  • Provide regular service management reports and manage Application ID to keep clients informed.

What we're looking for

  • Experience developing and configuring infrastructure and configuration as code using Ansible and Terraform.
  • Experience ensuring system security, fixing technical problems, and installing software updates.
  • Experience installing and maintaining logging clusters using Logstash, ElasticSearch, and Kibana.
  • Experience resolving issues involving APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes nodes, and middleware components.
  • Experience with ITIL processes and Integrated Service Level Management.
  • Experience with MYSQL, MSSQL, and PostgreSQL database administration (preferred).
  • Familiarity with load balancing and CDN options like Azure Load Balancer (preferred).
  • Bachelor's Degree.

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