Platform & Automation Engineer/Architect
Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.
Your role and responsibilities
We are seeking a versatile Platform & Automation Engineer/Architect to design, implement, and support enterprise-grade, cloud-native platforms.
This consulting-style role will focus on delivering OpenShift Virtualization engagements, including migrating VMware estates to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, as well as general OpenShift and Ansible automation projects. You will utilize and architect cloud solutions and relevant DevOps automation practices. Ideal candidates will balance deep technical expertise with client-facing skills to lead workshops, lead technical delivery, and transfer knowledge to customer teams.
Key Responsibilities:
• OpenShift Virtualization Delivery
o Architect and execute migrations from VMware vSphere into OpenShift Virtualization clusters.
o Design cluster topologies (control plane, worker, virtualization nodes) and validate performance, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Cluster Administration & Multi-Cluster Management
o Install, configure, and administer OpenShift clusters at scale.
o Implement Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) or equivalent tooling to govern policies, application lifecycle, and observability across multiple clusters.
• Infrastructure Automation
o Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation workflows-integrating with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) where applicable.
o Automate configuration drift detection, patching, and compliance checks.
o Architect cloud solutions (AWS, AZURE), Terraform IaC
• DevOps & CI/CD Pipelines
o Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Tekton, or similar platforms.
o Integrate testing, security scanning, and deployment stages to achieve end-to-end delivery automation.
• GitOps Implementation
o Design and operate GitOps workflows with Argo CD (or Flux) for continuous delivery of platform and workloads.
o Establish repository structures, RBAC controls, and image promotion processes.
• Consulting & Knowledge Transfer
o Lead technical workshops and training sessions for customer engineering teams.
o Provide architecture reviews, best-practice advisories, and post-implementation support.
This Job can be Performed from anywhere in the US.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
• OpenShift Expertise
o Hands-on administration of OpenShift clusters beyond basic application hosting.
o Strong understanding of Operators, cluster networking, storage, and security primitives.
o Strong experience with general Kubernetes may be considered in lieu of OpenShift.
• Multi-Cluster Governance
o Practical experience with ACM or similar solutions for managing fleet-wide policies, application rollouts, and observability.
• Ansible Automation
o Proven ability to author complex playbooks and roles; experience integrating with Ansible Tower/AAP.
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• DevOps Toolchains
o Proficiency in designing and operating pipelines in modern cloud native toolsets, such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Tekton.
• GitOps Principles
o Expertise with Argo CD; familiarity with Flux as an alternative.
• Infrastructure-as-Code
o Experience with Terraform, Helm charts, and related IaC/CaC tooling.
• Consulting & Leadership
o Excellent client engagement, presentation, and workshop-facilitation skills.
o Demonstrated technical leadership on multi-disciplinary projects.
Preferred technical and professional experience
Cloud & Scripting
o Certifications such as RHCE, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator.
o Programming/scripting in Python, Go, Bash, React. Background in Software Development
• Virtualization & VMware
o Solid background in VMware vSphere administration; integration of hypervisor platforms into container environments.
• Observability
o Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or Datadog for monitoring and logging.
• Developer Experience (DevEx)
o Exposure to developer portals (e.g., Backstage) and DevEx best practices.
• AI-Driven Automation
o Knowledge of AI/ML tooling in development workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT integrations).
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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.
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IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
This position is eligible for participation in an IBM Sales Incentive plan. Actual incentive opportunity will be based on performance and the eligible Target Incentive, as addressed in the applicable plan, all of which is subject to change. The compensation range listed for this position is the IBM Reference Salary that is used when you are not actively participating in a sales plan. Your actual base pay plus incentive opportunity will be determined by the Incentive Plan assigned to you.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
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