Job Specifications
Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Your Role And Responsibilities
At IBM, we know technology. But technology is only as good as the results it delivers. Are you interested and adept in application development methodology and tools? The IBM Client Innovation Centre CIC occupies a unique position in the IT marketplace – at the intersection of business and technology. In this role, you'll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
As a member of our team, you will help IBM clients solve some of their most challenging business problems, capitalize on market opportunities and achieve real value in today’s tough economy.
We are looking for passionate, original thinkers who want to drive progress, grow their network, and further their careers. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning, who believes no problem is too big to solve, and who wants to unleash their potential, an Associate role is for you.
As An Associate Platform Engineer, You Will
Support the design, build, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.
Assist in managing cloud infrastructure and platform services on Azure, AWS, or IBM Cloud.
Work with container technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes/OpenShift.
Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) development using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or ARM templates.
Help monitor platform health, performance, and reliability using observability tools (logs, metrics, alerts).
Assist in troubleshooting deployment issues, incident resolution, and root-cause analysis.
Collaborate with development teams to enable secure and efficient application delivery.
Support platform security practices including access control, secrets management, and compliance standards.
Participate in Agile delivery ceremonies, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Explore automation and AI-enabled operations approaches to improve platform efficiency (AIOps exposure).
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Core Competencies
Required technical and professional expertise
Strong foundation in Linux/Unix fundamentals and command-line usage
Proficiency in scripting or programming: Python, Bash, or PowerShell
Understanding of DevOps principles: Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
Automation-first mindset
Collaboration between dev and ops teams
Exposure to CI/CD tools such as: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI
Experience with version control systems: Git/GitHub
Cloud & Container Platforms
Familiarity with cloud services on Azure/AWS/IBM Cloud (beginner to intermediate)
Understanding of containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift (nice-to-have), Infrastructure as Code & Automation
Awareness or hands-on exposure to IaC tools such as: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, CloudFormation
Monitoring & Reliability
Basic knowledge of monitoring/observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Dynatrace (any exposure)
Additional Skills
Familiarity with agile methods and scrum frameworks
Awareness of AIOps concepts (AI for IT operations, anomaly detection, alert reduction)
Familiarity with automation using AI-assisted tools (GitHub Copilot, AI scripting support)
Basic understanding of machine learning workflows and model deployment concepts
Interest in platform support for AI/ML workloads, such as: GPU-based infrastructure
ML pipeline enablement (MLflow awareness)
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
Effective communication and teamwork in cross-functional Agile environments
Curiosity and eagerness to learn emerging tools/tech
Critical thinking, resourcefulness, growth mindset
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new tools and platforms
Attention to detail, ownership, and commitment to quality delivery
About the Company
At IBM, we do more than work. We create. We create as technologists, developers, and engineers. We create with our partners. We create with our competitors. If you're searching for ways to make the world work better through technology and infrastructure, software and consulting, then we want to work with you.
We're here to help every creator turn their "what if" into what is. Let's create something that will change everything.
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