Infrastructure Specialist-Azure DevOps

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting FutureNow Centers, where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Infrastructure Specialist: Azure DevOps, you will design and deploy containerized applications on Azure, leveraging expertise in Azure Component services for Compute, Storage, Networking, and Monitoring. You will collaborate with Application Architects to identify suitable tools for performance, code quality, and code coverage measurement. Your primary responsibilities will include: * Design and Deploy Containerized Applications: Design and deploy containerized applications on Azure, utilizing Azure Component services for Compute, Storage, Networking, and Monitoring to ensure seamless integration with DevOps toolchains. * Provision Azure Infrastructure: Provision Azure infrastructure, considering cloud-native architecture and deployment models, to ensure seamless integration with DevOps toolchains. * Administer Hybrid Cloud Environments: Apply knowledge of Storage, Compute, and Security Services to administer hybrid cloud environments, configure HA/DR, and manage Kubernetes clusters. * Manage Application Lifecycles: Utilize expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and CRIO to manage application lifecycles, deployed clusters, and orchestration best practices. * Monitor SLA and Services Health: Monitor SLA, services health, and key metrics, ensuring seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education
Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* Azure Administration Certification: Certified in Azure Administration, with a strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code provisioning and sandbox environment creation. * Experience with Containerized Applications: Experienced in designing and deploying containerized applications on Azure, utilizing Azure Component services for Compute, Storage, Networking, and Monitoring. * Cloud-Native Architecture: Experienced in provisioning Azure infrastructure, considering cloud-native architecture and deployment models, to ensure seamless integration with DevOps toolchains. * Kubernetes Cluster Management: Experienced in managing Kubernetes clusters, including application lifecycles, deployed clusters, and orchestration best practices using Kubernetes, Docker, and CRIO. * Hybrid Cloud Environment Administration: Experienced in administering hybrid cloud environments, configuring HA/DR, and utilizing Storage, Compute, and Security Services.

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Familiarity with CI/CD Tools: Exposure to identifying suitable tools for performance, code quality, and code coverage measurement, defining quality gates in CI/CD pipelines. * Knowledge of Orchestration Best Practices: Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, and CRIO to manage application lifecycles, deployed clusters, and orchestration best practices.

Years of Experience:
6-7