IBM Cloud Pak For Integration (CP4I) Administrator

Job Purpose:

Driving the successful adoption and implementation of IBM CP4I solutions, enabling seamless integration and API management in the organization's cloud infrastructure.

Role and Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration and administration of IBM EAI Products: API Connect (APIC), IBM App connect (ACE) and IBM MQ  over RedHat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
• Focus on application concerns including cloud-ready distributed application architectures, migrating workloads to containers, containerized development workflows, and integrating container platforms with automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Assist application teams with on-boarding to the OpenShift platform Resource requirements, capacity analysis, troubleshooting support
• Participate in projects initiation for Solution Physical Architecture, Infrastructure sizing and capacity panning specific to target customers
• Work with vendors for feature enhancements, troubleshooting the platform and issues related to integrations with other internal systems.
• Monitor CP4Is Operators and container metrics for the purposes of maintaining cluster health and identifying thresholds for scaling.
• Define and document standards and guidelines
• Consult with development users to determine requirements and recommend solutions
• Assist with configuration and maintenance of interfaces for related tool integrations
• Performance tuning of infrastructure components.
• Review project deliverables of completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards.
• Document and communicate the status of progress against plans, taking corrective action if necessary
• Identify, clarify, and resolve project activity issues and risks, escalating as needed
• Upholds enterprise policy guidelines and recommends new and improved guidelines as appropriate
• Partner with architects to design and engineer solutions for internal customers
• Develops and maintains a positive rapport with other teams in the IT organization

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in IT/Engineering/Computer/Telecommunications
• Minimum 7 years of IT development experience
• Minimum 4 years of experience with IBM EAI Products: API Connect (APIC), IBM App connect (ACE) and IBM MQ

Preferred Skills

• Experience of Linux Containers (Docker), Kubernetes, and deployment of containerized  applications/microservices architectures
• Hands on experience on IBM Cloud Pak for Integration deployment over RedHat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) is highly preferable
• Working Kubernetes experience is preferable
• Specific knowledge and experience provisioning multi-node HA clusters including monitoring, performance testing, and application deployment
• Conceptual and applied understanding of DevOps concepts, tools, and practices is preferable
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Git, Jenkins, Nexus, Tekton or comparable substitutes is preferable
• Must have good analytic skills and the ability to apply these skills in a multi-tasking environment where more than one project may require participation at a given time.
• Must have outstanding skills in communicating complex technical
• Working knowledge of networking topics such as protocols, firewalls, etc.
• Working knowledge of SSL certificate management
• Keeps abreast of relevant industry leading standards and emerging technologies
• Monitoring Logging and troubleshooting skills