IBM Sterling Integrator Developer

Review Criteria

• Strong DevOps /Cloud Engineer Profiles
• Must have 3+ years of experience as a DevOps / Cloud Engineer
• Must have strong expertise in cloud platforms – AWS / Azure / GCP (any one or more)
• Must have strong hands-on experience in Linux administration and system management
• Must have hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Must have experience in building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
• Must have hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
• Must be proficient in scripting languages such as Python or Bash for automation
• Must have experience with monitoring and alerting tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or CloudWatch
• Top tier Product-based company (B2B Enterprise SaaS preferred)

Preferred

• Experience in multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure scaling.
• Exposure to AI/ML pipeline deployments or iPaaS / reverse ETL connectors.

Role & Responsibilities

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure for our SaaS platform and AI-driven products. The role will focus on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, monitoring, and security automation, enabling rapid and reliable software delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support rapid release cycles.
• Manage containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Own infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Set up and maintain monitoring & alerting frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Drive cloud security automation (IAM, SSL, secrets management).
• Partner with engineering teams to embed DevOps into SDLC.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive incident response.
• Support multi-tenant SaaS scaling strategies.

Ideal Candidate

• 3–6 years' experience as DevOps/Cloud Engineer in SaaS or enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong expertise in LINUX Administration.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Proficient in Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash).
• Experience with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Strong grasp of cloud security best practices.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for managing and automating the deployment, monitoring, and scaling of our applications, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. The ideal candidate is passionate about automation, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for development, testing, and production environments.
• Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, or others) and ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Automate deployment, configuration management, and infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Chef.
• Monitor application performance and infrastructure health using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Datadog.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to streamline workflows and resolve deployment issues.
• Implement security best practices in pipelines, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
• Maintain version control and manage release cycles.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues efficiently.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Proven experience in DevOps, system administration, or cloud engineering.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of networking, load balancing, and firewalls.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours and remote options.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are looking for a passionate, high energy individual to help build and manage the infrastructure network that powers the Product Development Labs for F5 Inc. The F5 Infra Engineer plays a critical role to our Product Development team by providing valuable services and tools for the F5 Hyderabad Product Development Lab. The Infra team supports both production systems and customized/flexible testing environments used by Test and Product Development teams. As an Infra Engineer, you ’ll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and work with talented individuals. The ideal candidate will have experience in Private and Public Cloud – AWS-AZURE-GCP, OpenStack, storage, Backup, VMware, KVM, XEN, HYPER-V Hypervisor Server Administration, Networking and Automation in Data Center Operations environment at a global enterprise scale with Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Flatforms.

EXPERIENCE

7- 9+ Years – Software Engineer III

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive the design, Project Build, Infrastructure setup, monitoring, measurements, and improvements around the quality of services Provided, Network and Virtual Instances service from OpenStack, VMware VIO, Public and private cloud and DevOps environments.

• Work closely with the customers and understand the requirements and get it done on timelines.

• Work closely with F5 architects and vendors to understand emerging technologies and F5 Product Roadmap and how they would benefit the Infra team and its users.

• Work closely with the Team and complete the deliverables on-time

• Consult with testers, application, and service owners to design scalable, supportable network infrastructure to meet usage requirements.

• Assume ownership for large/complex systems projects; mentor Lab Network Engineers in the best practices for ongoing maintenance and scaling of large/complex systems.

• Drive automation efforts for the configuration and maintainability of the public/private Cloud.  

• Lead product selection for replacement or new technologies

• Address user tickets in a timely manner for the covered services

• Responsible for deploying, managing, and supporting production and pre-production environments for our core systems and services.

• Migration and consolidations of infrastructure

• Design and implement major service and infrastructure components.

• Research, investigate and define new areas of technology to enhance existing service or new service directions.

• Evaluate performance of services and infrastructure; tune, re-evaluate the design and implementation of current source code and system configuration.

• Create and maintain scripts and tools to automate the configuration, usability and troubleshooting of the supported applications and services.

• Ability to take ownership on activities and new initiatives.

• Infra Global Support from India towards product Development teams.

• On-call support on a rotational basis for a global turn-around time-zones

• Vendor Management for all latest hardware and software evaluations keep the system up-to-date.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Have an in-depth multi-disciplined knowledge of Storage, Compute, Network, DevOps technologies and latest cutting-edge technologies.

• Multi-cloud - AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, DevOps Operations

• IaaS- Infrastructure as a service, Metal as service, Platform service

• Storage – Dell EMC, NetApp, Hitachi, Qumulo and Other storage technologies

• Hypervisors – (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen and AHV)

• DevOps – Kubernetes, OpenShift, docker, other container and orchestration flatforms

• Automation – Scripting experience python/shell/golan , Full Stack development and Application Deployment

• Tools - Jenkins, splunk, kibana, Terraform, Bitbucket, Git, CI/CD configuration.

• Datacenter Operations – Racking, stacking, cable matrix, Solution Design and Solutions Architect 

• Networking Skills –   Cisco/Arista Switches, Routers, Experience on Cable matrix design and pathing (Fiber/copper)

• Experience in SAN/NAS storage – (EMC/Qumulo/NetApp & others)

• Experience with Red Hat Ceph storage.

• A working knowledge of Linux, Windows, and Hypervisor Operating Systems and virtual machine technologies

• SME - subject matter expert for all cutting-edge technologies

• Data center architect professional & Storage Expert level Certified professional experience .

• A solid understanding of high availability systems, redundant networking and multipathing solutions

• Proven problem resolution related to network infrastructure, judgment, negotiating and decision-making skills along with excellent written and oral communication skills.

• A Working experience in Object – Block – File storage Technologies

• Experience in Backup Technologies and backup administration.

• Dell/HP/Cisco UCS server’s administration is an additional advantage.

• Ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies.

• A very very story experience and exposure towards open-source flatforms.

• A working experience on monitoring tools Zabbix, nagios , Datadog etc ..

• A working experience on and BareMetal services and OS administration.

• A working experience on the cloud like AWS- ipsec, Azure - express route, GCP – Vpn tunnel etc.

• A working experience in working using software define network like (VMware NSX, SDN, Openvswitch etc ..)

• A working experience with systems engineering and Linux /Unix administration

• A working experience with Database administration experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL

• A working experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef or an equivalent

• A working experience with DevOps Operations Kubernetes, container, Docker, and git repositories

• Experience in Build system process and Code-inspect and delivery methodologies.

• Knowledge on creating Operational Dashboards and execution lane.

• Experience and knowledge on DNS, DHCP, LDAP, AD, Domain-controller services and PXE Services

• SRE experience in responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning.

• Vendor support – OEM upgrades, coordinating technical support and troubleshooting experience.

• Experience in handling On-call Support and hierarchy process.

• Knowledge on scale-out and scale-in architecture.

• Working experience in ITSM / process Management tools like ServiceNow, Jira, Jira Align.

• Knowledge on Agile and Scrum principles

• Working experience with ServiceNow

• Knowledge sharing, transition experience and self-learning Behavioral.

What you need to have:

• Cloud and virtualization-based technologies (Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMWare).
• Java Application Server Administration (Weblogic, WidlFfy, JBoss, Tomcat).
• Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
• Linux/UNIX Administration (Amazon Linux and RedHat).
• Developing and supporting cloud infrastructure designs and implementations and guiding application development teams.
• Configuration Management tools (Chef or Puppet or ansible).
• Log aggregations tools such as Elastic and/or Splunk.
• Automate infrastructure and application deployment-related tasks using terraform.
• Automate repetitive tasks required to maintain a secure and up-to-date operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and support always-available private/public cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
• Build AWS or other public cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes (EKS) based docker applications in AWS.
• Create custom OS images using Packer.
• Create and revise infrastructure and architectural designs and implementation plans and guide the implementation with operations.
• Liaison between application development, infrastructure support, and tools (IT Services) teams.
• Development and documentation of Chef recipes and/or ansible scripts. Support throughout the entire deployment lifecycle (development, quality assurance, and production).
• Help developers leverage infrastructure, application, and cloud platform features and functionality participate in code and design reviews, and support developers by building CI/CD pipelines using Bamboo, Jenkins, or Spinnaker.
• Create knowledge-sharing presentations and documentation to help developers and operations teams understand and leverage the system's capabilities.
• Learn on the job and explore new technologies with little supervision.
• Leverage scripting (BASH, Perl, Ruby, Python) to build required automation and tools on an ad-hoc basis.

Who we have in mind:

• Solid experience in building a solution on AWS or other public cloud services using Terraform.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a desire to take on responsibility.
• Extensive knowledge in containerized application and deployment in Kubernetes
• Extensive knowledge of the Linux operating system, RHEL preferred.
• Proficiency with shell scripting.
• Experience with Java application servers.
• Experience with GiT and Subversion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical and technical audiences.
• Experience working in a large-scale operational environment.
• Internet and operating system security fundamentals.
• Extensive knowledge of massively scalable systems. Linux operating system/application development desirable.
• Programming in scripting languages such as Python. Other object-oriented languages (C++, Java) are a plus.
• Experience with Configuration Management Automation tools (chef or puppet).
• Experience with virtualization, preferably on multiple hypervisors.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education in related fields
• Certificates of training in associated fields/equipment’s

• Works independently without any supervision
• Work on continuous improvement of the products through innovation and learning. Someone with a knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Experience in deploying highly complex, distributed transaction processing systems.
• Stay abreast with new innovations and the latest technology trends and explore ways of leveraging these for improving the product in alignment with the business.
• As a component owner, where the component impacts across multiple platforms (5-10-member team), work with customers to obtain their requirements and deliver the end-to-end project.

Required Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer. Experience with the Golang cycle is a plus
• At least one End to End CI/CD Implementation experience
• Excellent Problem Solving and Debugging skills in DevOps area· Good understanding of Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Hands-on Build/Package tool experience· Experience with AWS services Glue, Athena, Lambda, EC2, RDS, EKS/ECS, ALB, VPC, SSM, Route 53
• Experience with setting up CI/CD pipeline for Glue jobs, Athena, Lambda functions
• Experience architecting interaction with services and application deployments on AWS
• Experience with Groovy and writing Jenkinsfile
• Experience with repository management, code scanning/linting, secure scanning tools
• Experience with deployments and application configuration on Kubernetes
• Experience with microservice orchestration tools (e.g. Kubernetes, Openshift, HashiCorp Nomad)
• Experience with time-series and document databases (e.g. Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Prometheus)
• Experience with message buses (e.g. Apache Kafka, NATS)
• Experience with key-value stores and service discovery mechanisms (e.g. Redis, HashiCorp Consul, etc)