**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio **Your role and responsibilities** We are seeking a highly motivated engineer with 6+ years of experience in CI/CD pipeline development, cloud automation, and infrastructure management. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in DevOps practices, container platforms, and automation tools, supporting innovative digital transformation initiatives. Responsibilities: • Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for App Connect applications, including: • Configuration object generation • BAR file builds • Integration server deployments • Resource specification setups • Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) configuration • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Node.js microservices. • Manage service accounts and secret management processes, including integration with Azure Key Vault. • Create, maintain, and optimize Tekton tasks and pipelines for automation workflows. • Perform basic OpenShift cluster administration, including project management and application deployment. • Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to streamline build, deployment, and monitoring processes. • Continuously improve automation and deployment strategies by implementing DevOps best practices. • Document pipeline designs, deployment models, and troubleshooting guidelines. • Provide support for production pipeline issues and participate in root cause analysis and improvement plans. • Engage in knowledge sharing sessions to uplift DevOps capabilities across teams. **Required technical and professional expertise** Required Skills: • 6+ years of experience in DevOps engineering, CI/CD development, and cloud-native environments. • Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Tekton or similar frameworks. • Strong experience in managing containerized applications on OpenShift or Kubernetes. • Good understanding of cloud secret management tools, particularly Azure Key Vault. • Experience with GitOps principles and working with GitHub or similar version control systems. • Basic proficiency in OpenShift administration (user management, quotas, resource limits, etc.) • Solid scripting skills (Shell, Bash, or Python) for automation tasks. **Preferred technical and professional experience** Preferred Skills: • Hands-on experience with IBM App Connect Enterprise (APPC) development and deployments. • Familiarity with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) architecture and operations. • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise, especially using Terraform. • Experience with automation tools like Ansible. • OpenShift Administrator or Developer Certification. • Terraform Associate Certification. • Familiarity with Azure DevOps practices and pipelines. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.