IBM CPI OpenShift Operations​/Administrator

Position Overview

The IBM CP4I Open Shift Operations/Administrator is a systems infrastructure specialist responsible for designing, deploying, securing, and maintaining our enterprise hybrid-cloud integration architecture. Sitting at the intersection of Cloud Dev Ops and Middleware Engineering, this role focuses on the end-to-end administration of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) running on Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform (RHOCP) to guarantee high availability and continuous automated pipeline scaling.

• Cluster   CP4I Deployment:
  Plan, architect, install, and configure Red Hat Open Shift clusters across hybrid cloud environments, provisioning the core IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) platform using Operator Lifecycle Managers (OLM).
• Integration Component Management:
  Manage and lifecycle-configure core CP4I capabilities via their respective IBM operators, including IBM MQ, API Connect, App Connect (ACE), Event Streams (Kafka), and Aspera.
• Security   Identity Governance:
  Secure cluster infrastructures by enforcing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), managing Red Hat Open Shift OAuth integrations, Keycloak/IAM identity layers, and SSL/TLS certificate configurations.
• Compute, Storage   Lifecycle:
  Architect container persistent storage layers using Software-Defined Storage engines and schedule seamless cluster upgrades, security patching, and node updates with a zero-downtime objective.
• Performance Diagnostics   Triage:
  Configure APM surveillance dashboards, automate multi-tenant provisioning using Git Ops paradigms, and systematically troubleshoot complex cluster degradation events, persistent volume failures, and pod networking drops.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related technical system discipline.
• Core Engineering Track Record:
  Deep, practical engineering experience managing production-grade Red Hat Open Shift clusters and administering IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) components.
• Architecture   Pattern
  
  Competency:
  
  Solid knowledge of Software-Defined Networking (SDN/OVN), Ingress/Route architectures, service meshes (Istio), network policies, and container security compliance scanning.
• Security   Protocol Familiarity:
  Strong technical comprehension of enterprise integration patterns, containerized message-queuing mechanics, and API lifecycle architectures.
• Analytical Evaluation:
  Exceptional analytical and systemic debugging capabilities, possessing a high technical attention to container density logs and compute sizing variables.
• Technical Toolkit   Systems:
  • Core Development Environments:
    Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform (RHOCP), OKD, Kubernetes, CoreOS, IBM CP4I, IBM MQ, API Connect, ACE, Event Streams, Data Power.
  • Programming Languages   UI Engines:
    Linux CLI, Bash, Python scripting, Open Shift CLI (oc), kubectl.
  • Networking, Core APIs   Engines:
    Red Hat Open Shift Data Foundation (ODF), Ceph, Portworx, CSI plugins, AWS EBS/EFS.
  • Dependency   Repository Managers:
    Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, Helm Charts, Customize, OLM Operators, Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD, Tekton, Prometheus, Grafana, Open Shift Logging, Sysdig.
  • Enterprise Project Management Suites:
    Jira, Azure Dev Ops (ADO), or Microsoft TFS.
• Collaboration
  
  Soft Skills:
  
  High-Stakes Resolution   Composure:
  Maintains absolute composure and structured focus when critical, production cluster failures or microservice outages emerge. Coordinates systematic fixes and clear mitigation strategies under pressure, keeping high-availability platforms operational. Distributed Workspace Collaborative Partner:
  Highly capable of performing smoothly across remote or hybrid team environments, translating complex container infrastructure realities to actionable deployment guidelines for integration teams. Pristine Quality Advocate:
  Constantly champions structural automation, infrastructure-as-code consistency, and strict platform compliance, steering teams away from localized, manually modified configuration anti-patterns.
• Language   Communication Excellence:
  Fluent English (written and verbal) is required. Spoken and written Arabic is highly advantageous and preferred.