**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** * An Infrastructure Specialist for the AWS Platform is a highly skilled professional responsible for managing and implementing AWS-based infrastructure solutions according to established designs. This role ensures that infrastructure is scalable, reliable, and secure. The specialist has deep proficiency in AWS services, including EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), along with expertise in Linux and VMware environments. * Responsibilities include setting up, configuring, and managing AWS EC2 instances, storage solutions, networking, and databases to effectively support business applications. The specialist implements and oversees essential AWS resources such as Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs), and Application Load Balancers (ALBs) to ensure smooth operations. They continuously monitor AWS infrastructure, troubleshoot issues, and maintain high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) configurations to ensure reliable performance. * The specialist applies and enforces security measures to ensure AWS infrastructure complies with organizational policies and industry regulations. They optimize AWS costs by right-sizing resources, developing cost-effective solutions, and monitoring usage patterns. Collaboration with IT teams is key to implementing and integrating AWS infrastructure solutions based on existing designs. * Experience with DevOps practices, such as continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), is required. The specialist should be skilled in using automation tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible to automate and streamline processes. Experience with cloud migration projects, including implementation and execution, is also necessary. Proficiency in managing Kubernetes clusters through Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is crucial for effective container orchestration and scaling. **Required technical and professional expertise** * Minimum 5years hands on experience in implementing and administering AWS * Ability to work both analytically using data and systems with a logical sequence to complex tasks * Strong knowledge on server migration from legacy to Cloud AWS * Familiarity with various cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, IBM, Google, Alibaba, Oracle and with cloud computing concepts * Experience provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on AWS **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Initiative to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills * Exposure to basic data science concepts * Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines, while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.