Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer- Websphere & DevSec Ops SME - REMOTE
Team : Middleware Engineering
Role :Senior Platform Engineer
Overview: Summary
The Senior Platform Engineer will play a key role in engineering Horizon
middleware platforms and automations. This role focuses on architecting
solutions, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across teams to
automate deployments. In addition, the Senior Platform Engineer is
responsible for creating required automation using latest DevOps tools &
services to reduce manual tasks and speed to market. They should be able to
write SOPs to document processes and procedures following the required
standards and industry best practices.
- Need to be a hands-onlead level person - 10+ years
- Kubernetes - Openshift is prefernce. If not, then EKS/AKS/GKE
- Service Mesh experience - Istio
- IBM Webswphere experiencee
- Overall DevOps and DevSecOps experience.
Job Description Key Responsibilities:
Design and implement highly available, resilient, and
costeffective platforms and middleware solutions.
Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
and DevOps practices to improve efficiency and reduce manual
operations.
Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting
containerized applications.
Engineer and support container platforms such as RedHat
OpenShift (OCP) and other Kubernetes platforms
(EKS/AKS/ECS) in enterprise environments.
Implement and manage service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
to enhance traffic management, observability, and microservices
security.
Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting standards to ensure
platform reliability, performance, and SLA compliance.
Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for Middleware
platforms, advising teams on architecture, best practices, and
operational excellence.
Partner with security and compliance teams to embed
governance, security controls, and DevSecOps practices into
platform designs.
Lead troubleshooting efforts and act as an escalation point for
complex Level III and Level IV production issues.
Install, configure, and maintain middleware platforms,
Kubernetes clusters, applications, and supporting infrastructure.
Mentor and guide junior engineers, promoting best practices and
supporting technical growth across the team.
Document architecture, operational procedures, and standard
operating processes following industry standards.
Participate in and lead technical discussions, contributing to
architectural decisions and crossfunctional collaboration.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements
that enhance platform performance, security, and scalability.
Education &
Experience
Education:
Bachelor’s degree required or 12 years of relevant experience in lieu
of degree
Work Experience:
10+ years of related IT work experience.
Hands on experience in engineering and implementation of RedHat
OpenShift (OCP) or similar Kubernetes / Container platforms like
ECS/EKS.
Hands on experience in automating CI / CD pipelines for RedHat
OpenShift (OCP) or related Kubernetes / Container platforms.
Hands-on working knowledge with Docker/Podman Git, Jenkins, other
CI/CD tools.
Hand-on experience implementing, configure, and maintenance Istio
Service Mesh or another service mesh for traffic management,
observability, and security of microservices.
Experience with DevSecOps concepts/working tools is needed.
Proven working experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools,
specifically Terraform, for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
Hand-on experience in Cloud platforms like AWS (Preferred) or Azure.
Experience with IBM Event Streams or IBM App Connect Enterprise
(MQ) is highly preferred
Working knowledge for AWS Foundational Services like ECS, EC2, IAM,
VPCs, DNS, Networking, Security Groups, Load Balancers, etc.
Experience with any industry leading Scripting languages such as Shell
scripting/Python/Groovy/PowerShell is needed.
Any experience or knowledge with IBM CloudPak products is a plus.
Core Middleware experience in handling IBM WebSphere products /
Application Server / Webservers is a plus.
Working knowledge on distributed operating systems like Linux /
Windows / AIX.
Knowledge of Load balancers, DNS resolutions, basic Network issues
troubleshooting related to Middleware technologies is needed.
Skills:
Requires strong problem solving and analytical skills
Requires excellent communication skills and ability to write and
discuss clear procedures regarding technical issues
Requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with
all levels of personnel.
Excellent customer service
Ability to work independently and as a team
Work closely with development teams to containerize legacy
applications and optimize performance on Kubernetes.
