IBM | Hiring | Senior DevOps Engineer, BoxBoat | Bethesda, MD | United States | BigDataKB.com | 7 Oct 2022

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
As a BoxBoat Sr. DevOps Engineer, you bring technical expertise and a passion for successfully adopting
container platforms and DevOps tools in customer environments. You are a problem solver at
heart who codes for both work and play, and above all, understand the impact containerization
can bring to a DevOps workflow. This role understands our customer’s CI pain points and is
excited about digging deep to implement an end-to-end containerized solution. Working on a
team with BoxBoat and client employees alike, they use their systems administration,
networking, and development experience to integrate the container technology stack into an
overall DevOps solution delivering higher reliability and consistency to the customer
environment.

Key responsibilities of this role may include, but are not limited to:

• Serving as a technical team member on customer engagements, contributing your knowledge and expertise towards the project’s success.
• Implementing containerized workflows in customer environments using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, Ansible, Terraform, Istio, and other open-source solutions.
• Understanding customer software architecture to consult on accepted microservice practices – and then do it; re-architect application stacks as necessary while considering the end solution.
• Diagnosing environmental issues and introduce/implement technologies to solve them.
• Staying up-to-date on the latest container platform releases and containerization techniques.
• Engaging with vendor product development teams as a trusted partner to provide feedback and collaborate on issues.
• Establishing credibility and trusted relationships as an advisor to customer leadership.
• Advocating for BoxBoat as a containerization evangelist by contributing written works to the BoxBoat knowledge base and social media channels, engaging in meetups for fun, and finding presentation opportunities to spread the word.

If you are hired into a Colorado work location, the anticipated compensation range for the position is $75,000 to $145,000 and is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate compensation may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience. For part time roles, the compensation will be adjusted appropriately.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Linux administration skills, including software packaging, distribution, and configuration
• Experienced with a range of Git-based solutions (GitHub, GitLab), Terraform, Helm Charts, as well as config management tools like Ansible
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (IP, TCP, UDP, load balancing) including Linux network configuration with major distributions, Debian, RHEL
• Experience with IaaS, PaaS, and cloud technologies
• Experience with distributed application concepts and DevOps tools
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Demonstrable troubleshooting and debugging ability

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

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This job requires you to provide your COVID-19 vaccination status with supporting documentation, where legally permissible.

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IBM offers a wide range of resources for eligible IBMers to thrive both inside and outside of work. In addition to a competitive benefits program consisting of medical and life insurance, retirement plans, and time off, eligible employees may also have access to:

• 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. Family care options are also available to support eligible employees during COVID-19.
• World-class training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform. IBM’s learning culture supports your restless attitude to grow your skills and build the depth and scale of knowledge needed to achieve your career goals.
• Well-being programs to support mental and physical health.
• Financial programs that empower you to plan, save, and manage your money (including expert financial counseling, 401(k), IBM stock discount, etc.).
• Select educational reimbursement opportunities.
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups where you can network and connect with IBMers across the globe.
• Giving and volunteer programs to benefit charitable organizations and local communities.
• Discounts on retail products, services, and experiences.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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