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Position Description: • Administer and support IBM InfoSphere DataStage environments (development, test, staging, production): installs, upgrades, patching, configuration, and licensing. • Architect, evaluate, and optimize deployment strategies for various complex enterprise platforms and applications across diverse Kubernetes environments (e.g., Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), performing in-depth engineering analysis to identify technical benefits, risks, and strategic advantages for the organization. • Maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters used for deployment of data services and pipelines: application deployment, scaling, resource quotas, operator lifecycle, and troubleshooting. • Implement, operate, and troubleshoot Apache NiFi flows and NiFi clusters; manage templates, controllers, and provenance. • Create, maintain, and improve automation and operational scripts (Bash, Python, or similar) for deployments, backups, monitoring, rollbacks, and routine maintenance. • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for DataStage, NiFi templates, and containerized services. • Monitor platform health and data pipelines; implement alerting, capacity planning, and performance tuning. • Plan and execute backups, disaster recovery drills, and restore procedures for DataStage and NiFi artifacts. • Enforce security best practices: secrets management, role-based access control, patching, vulnerability remediation, and audit logging. • Troubleshoot incidents across integration stack, perform root cause analysis, and produce post-incident reports. • Maintain accurate operational documentation, runbooks, playbooks, and run regular housekeeping tasks. • Mentor junior admins/engineers and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver integration solutions Skills Required: Scripting, Kubernetes, IBM Websphere Application Server, Linux, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Python Experience Required: • 5+ years of production systems administration and platform support experience (or equivalent). • 3+ years administering IBM InfoSphere DataStage (installation, configuration, upgrade, job deployment, troubleshooting). • Demonstrated engineering expertise in evaluating, designing, and implementing deployment architectures for a variety of complex data and application platforms. • Red Hat OpenShift (cluster ops, deployments, operators, resource management). • Apache NiFi (flow development ops, templates, clustering, provenance) (Preferred, not mandatory). • Strong Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS) and networking fundamentals. • Proficiency with scripting and automation (Bash and one or more: Python, Perl). • Experience with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, or similar) and container workflows (Docker). • Solid understanding of security practices for data platforms (RBAC, secrets management, TLS, patching). • Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.