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Introduction
Our mission is to revolutionize customer service by developing and deploying the latest conversational artificial intelligence (AI) and speech technologies in IBM's industry-leading platforms watsonx Assistant and watsonx Orchestrate.
We believe in open architectures and open standards, and we run our cutting-edge AI on every cloud. We live and breathe Linux, Kubernetes and RedHat OpenShift. We strive to create the most portable, scalable and performant AI infrastructure. If you share our passion, and you have experience with managing Linux systems in IBM Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure, please get in touch with us!
Your Role and Responsibilities
This position is for a platform engineer in the hybrid cloud team of IBM's multi-cloud virtual agent and automation products watsonx Assistant and watsonx Orchestrate. Your primary responsibility will be the implementation, maintenance, and DevOps for OpenShift platform extensions via Kubernetes operators and controllers. You will be part of a small agile team, but you will interact with and provide capabilities to several other development, site reliability engineering (SRE), and support teams. You will participate in release cycles of watsonx Orchestrate, building and updating platform components in Go and Python using the Kubernetes APIs. These platform components control various capabilities including data stores, Layer 4 and Layer 7 connectivity, authentication, authorization and load balancing. You must have a passion for examining how things work internally and excellent collaboration skills, since you will devise solutions to challenging problems in complex distributed systems with various different teams. Above all, we are looking for team members with a keen sense of ownership, resilience and drive. If you like dynamic projects and enjoy being challenged, if you can make progress when faced with complex technical problems, if you enjoy moving fast (and you are not afraid of making a mistake or two on the way), then we are the perfect team for you!
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Experience with Go or Python development. Go is the strongly preferred. * Experience with container technology, Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift
Experience with the Kubernetes API, including Custom Resources and the Operator/Controller pattern
Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Experience with developing Kubernetes operators
Experience with Ansible or similar automation platforms.
Experience managing Linux systems in public cloud, such as IBM Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure
Commercial experience with enterprise system monitoring
Solid knowledge of hybrid cloud infrastructure and management such as Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure
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