**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** * As an Infrastructure Specialist at IBM, you will support the infrastructure running industries likes transportation, energy, insurance, banking or healthcare which are rapidly changing as the worlds relationship with technology evolves. Ready to help our clients take the next step forward? * Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid approach. As an Associate Infrastructure Specialist, you'll be responsible for keeping up with the latest changes, using your expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our clients and products. In your role you may be responsible for: * Define, analyse, and review technical architecture on required platform and coming up with architecture options and recommendations. * Define, detail, and scope the technical requirements into solutions. * Work across key activities in configuration, systems management tools and backup and recovery * Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance. **Required technical and professional expertise** * 6- 8 years of experience as OS administrator and cloud Infrastructure specialist. Ready to work on shifts including night shifts * Knowledge on Service Management Concepts (Incident, Service, Change and Problem Management). ITIL Foundation Certification preferred * Hands on experience with Hyperscale's (preferably AWS, Azure, GCP.). Foundation level certifications for at least one hyperscale required. Linux OS (preferably SUSE) Administration skills. * Installation, configuration, troubleshooting of OS related issue, and agents for scanning, AV management, endpoint management etc. High availability configuration knowledge. Storage concepts - file system * Ability to follow the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for execution of existing scripts for OS Patching, port opening, VM build etc. Monitor and trigger backups. Capability to track and update OS patches. Handle port related issue at firewall and OS level. Shell Scripting. Backups & restore from backups **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Vulnerability remediation knowledge * Understanding of Active directory integration * Understanding of DNS concepts 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.