Platform Engineer with AI Agentic
Location-Alpharetta, GA
Mandatory Skills-
Deep knowledge and expertise of Linux, Kubernetes, Openshift, Github, Teamcity, Jenkins, Artifactory, Websphere Liberty, Eclipse IBM BPM, IBM ODM, Java and DB2 LUW.
The Platform Management team is part of the Wealth Management Organization at client. This position is for a senior level platform engineer who is responsible for managing technology platforms used by the division such as operating systems, public and private cloud, web, and middleware components like Business Process Management, Operational Decision Manager and Process Federation Server etc. The resource will ensure that the platforms are up to date in support lifecycle, patching, and risk remediation. Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams. Deep knowledge and expertise of Linux, Kubernetes, Openshift, Github, Teamcity, Jenkins, Artifactory, Websphere Liberty, Eclipse IBM BPM, IBM ODM, Java and DB2 LUW.
Primary responsibilities
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Manages complex platforms and frameworks like private and public cloud, middleware platforms like Business Process Management, Operational Decision Manager, and Process Federation Server.
Supports large technology projects, hygiene activities, upgrades, rollouts at scale.
Works closely with development teams to containerize applications, and ensuring the scalability, performance, and security of the OpenShift cluster, with expertise in Kubernetes concepts like deployments, pods, services, and CI/CD pipelines.
Works closely with cross-functional teams to define standards, execute POCs, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines, utilizing tools such as UrbanCode Deploy, Harness, Jenkins, Artifactory, and HashiCorp products.
Monitors platform health, identify and resolve issues related to application deployments, scaling, and network connectivity.
Has deep understanding of Kubernetes core concepts like pods, deployments, services, ingress controllers, and scaling mechanisms.
Ensures compliance with industry standards when deploying applications on the platform.
Implements security best practices within the OpenShift environment, including role-based access control and image scanning.
Utilizes DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Teamcity, GitHub, and Ansible to manage application deployments.
Leads platforms enhancement activities - by performing automation of the processes using Python, Javascript.
Provides guidance and support to development teams in adopting Kubernetes best practices and utilizing the Kubernetes platform effectively.
Resolves production incidents quickly while maintaining service level agreements. Provides on-call coverage to support major activities and events.
Coordinates with application dev teams, vendors, and business, as necessary.
Support release deployments and collaborate with application teams to deliver data quality and governance objectives.
Leadership and Collaboration
Tell us about a time you aligned development, infrastructure, security, vendors, and business stakeholders on a platform standard.
How do you guide application teams toward Kubernetes best practices when their delivery priorities conflict with platform requirements?
Describe a proof of concept you led. How did you define success criteria and decide whether to proceed?
How do you prepare for on-call coverage during major releases or business events, and how do you communicate risk to stakeholders?
Security, Reliability, and Incident Management
How would you implement least-privilege role-based access control in OpenShift while keeping teams productive?
Where should container image scanning occur in the delivery lifecycle, and how should critical findings be handled?
A production deployment causes elevated errors and latency. Walk us through your incident response, communication, mitigation, and recovery steps.
Which signals would you monitor to assess cluster, middleware, application, and database health? How would you set actionable alerts?
Give an example of an incident you resolved under a strict service-level agreement. What did you change afterward to prevent recurrence?
CI/CD, Source Control, and Automation
Design a CI/CD pipeline for a containerized application using GitHub or Bitbucket, Jenkins or TeamCity, Artifactory, and OpenShift.
How have you integrated tools such as UrbanCode Deploy, Harness, or HashiCorp products into an enterprise delivery process?
Describe an automation you built using Python, JavaScript, Bash, KornShell, or Perl. What manual effort or operational risk did it remove?
How do you manage credentials, artifacts, approvals, traceability, and rollback across a production deployment pipeline?
Middleware and Data Platforms
Describe your hands-on experience administering IBM BPM, IBM ODM, or Process Federation Server. Which operational issues did you solve?
How do you deploy, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot applications running on WebSphere Liberty?
What factors do you consider when diagnosing performance issues between Java middleware and distributed DB2 LUW?
How would you validate the reliability and security of a file-transfer workflow? Which protocols and failure scenarios would you test?
Kubernetes and OpenShift
Explain how deployments, pods, services, ingress controllers, and autoscaling work together in Kubernetes.
Walk us through how you would containerize and migrate a traditional Java application to OpenShift.
An application is deployed successfully but is unreachable outside the cluster. How would you troubleshoot it?
How have you improved the scalability, performance, or reliability of an OpenShift cluster?
What Kubernetes standards or guardrails would you establish for development teams?
Interview Questions
Platform Engineering and Architecture
Describe a complex platform you managed across public cloud, private cloud, operating systems, or middleware. What were your responsibilities and key outcomes?
How do you assess platform lifecycle risk and plan upgrades, patching, and remediation without disrupting critical services?
Tell us about a large-scale platform rollout or hygiene initiative you led. How did you manage dependencies, testing, and rollback?
Required Skills –
IBM BPM/ODM experience
WebSphere experience
Scripting skills, one or more of the following (Bash, Ksh, perl, python)
OS knowledge (Linux (CentOS RedHat), Windows)
File transfer components and protocols
SVN, GIT, BitBucket (version control systems)
Kubernetes, Openshift experience
Teamcity/Jenkins experience
Distributed DB2 LUW