HTC Global Services

Middleware Platform Engineer (IBM WebSphere & DataStage)

HTC Global Services$90K — $120K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in IT with 4+ years in development.
  • Proficiency in 2 coding languages or advanced expertise in 1.
  • Bachelor's Degree required.
  • Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and IBM Websphere.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD processes and Infrastructure as Code scripting.
  • Preferred certifications in DataStage, OpenShift, or similar technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to design platform infrastructure.
  • Implement and manage infrastructure supporting platform tools, focusing on upgrades and security.
  • Evaluate and configure cloud providers and containerization technologies.
  • Write automated Infrastructure as Code scripts to streamline infrastructure management.
  • Integrate performance monitoring best practices for scaling applications automatically.
  • Incorporate security and disaster recovery best practices into infrastructure applications.
  • Facilitate integration of managed software configurations into deployment pipelines.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing flexibility between remote and in-office work.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies in cloud and containerization.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams and enhance developer productivity.
  • Focus on continuous learning and professional development in advanced technologies.
  • Engagement in evolving platform systems to meet user needs dynamically.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Employees in this job function are focused on developing and maintaining reusable software components that serve the needs of product developers in the organization. They are responsible for designing, implementing, integrating and maintaining the underlying infrastructure and software applications that support developer productivity and self-service.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with enterprise architects, software architects, software engineering teams, etc. to design the platform infrastructure and tools encompassing servers, networks, storage, databases, cloud services, etc.
  • Implement and manage the infrastructure that supports the platform tools and ensuring that upgrades, security patches and other performance improvements are regularly performed.
  • Evaluate cloud providers, containerization solutions and other complex technologies to deeply understand the configurations available and create abstractions of common configurations that can be utilized easily by application teams for their workloads
  • Write and execute automated Infrastructure as Code scripts and utilize processes like CI/CD to streamline and automate how the platform infrastructure is provisioned, configured and managed to improve consistency, traceability and repeatability
  • Integrate performance and monitoring best practices including QoS and SLA metrics to scale platform applications and managed services automatically due to demand.
  • Incorporate security and disaster recovery best practices into the infrastructure applications by integrating access control, identity management, logging/monitoring, public/private network configurations, data encryption, storage backup and disaster recovery, etc.
  • Facilitate the integration of enterprise managed software configurations into deployment pipelines managed by application teams to ensure approved configurations and best practices around security, networking, logging & monitoring, performance & scale, etc. are applied
  • Advocating feedback with service providers and developers, to ensure the platform continues to grow and evolve to meet their needs

Skills Required:
  • Scripting, Kubernetes, IBM Websphere Application Server, Linux, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Python
Skills Preferred:
  • Kubernetes, Scripting, Linux, IBM Websphere Application Server, GitHub, Jenkins, Python, Docker
Experience Required:
  • Engineer 3 Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang. 6+ years in IT; 4+ years in development
Experience Preferred:
  • Experience with DataStage on IBM Information Server / DataStage 11.x versions and Good Experience in CP4d is nice to have.
  • Experience containerizing DataStage or integration workloads, or familiarity with hybrid DataStage deployments.
  • Experience with enterprise backup and DR solutions for middleware.
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, IBM DataStage certifications. Technical Skills Summary
  • Platforms: IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Apache NiFi, Red Hat OpenShift
  • OS: RHEL/SUSE Linux • Scripting: Bash, Python (or Perl)
  • Containers: Docker, Kubernetes / OpenShift
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, GitOps concepts
  • SCM: Git

Education Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree

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About HTC Global Services

HTC Global Services is a global provider of IT and Business Process Services and Solutions. Founded in 1990, HTC is headquartered in Troy, Michigan with delivery centers across multiple locations in North America, Europe, India, and Malaysia. HTC is an Inc. 500 Hall of Fame company and has been recognized by numerous industry and trade publications as a top provider of services. HTC has a strong client base of Global 2000 customers. HTC has a strong focus on healthcare, retail, financial services, and automotive verticals. HTC has a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility and has been recognized for its contributions to the community.
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