OpenShift MAS Infrasrtucture Consultant

Job Title:

IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) Infrastructure Specialist

Location

Flexible / Hybrid / On‑site (depending on project requirements)

Role

The IBM MAS Infrastructure Specialist is responsible for the design, installation, configuration, and ongoing management of IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) across on‑premise, bare metal and cloud environments.

This role focuses on the underlying platform and infrastructure, ensuring MAS is deployed securely, performs optimally, and aligns with enterprise architecture and operational requirements.

The specialist will work closely with application consultants, cloud teams, security teams, and client stakeholders to deliver reliable and scalable MAS environments.

Key Responsibilities

IBM MAS & Platform Deployment

• Install, configure, and upgrade IBM Maximo Application Suite components, including but not limited to:

Maximo Manage

Monitor

Health

Visual Inspection

Assist

IoT integrations

• Perform MAS installations using IBM Red Hat OpenShift on:

On‑premise infrastructure

Public cloud (Azure, AWS, IBM Cloud)

Hybrid environments

Bare Metal

• Manage MAS lifecycle operations including patching, upgrades, and version alignment.

OpenShift & Container Platform Management

• Deploy and administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters for MAS workloads.
• Configure:

Persistent storage (block/file/object)

Networking and ingress

Service mesh and routing

• Troubleshoot cluster health, performance, and capacity issues.

Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

• Design target architectures for MAS based on:

High availability

Scalability

Disaster recovery

• Provision infrastructure using:

VMware / bare metal (on‑prem)

Cloud-native services (IaaS / PaaS)

• Collaborate with cloud landing zone and networking teams.

Security & Compliance

• Implement security best practices, including:

TLS and certificate management

Identity integration (LDAP, SSO, IAM)

Secrets management

• Ensure MAS deployments comply with enterprise security and governance standards.

Operations & Support

• Provide 2nd/3rd line support for MAS infrastructure issues.
• Monitor system performance, logs, and alerts.
• Document environments, installation procedures, and operational runbooks.
• Support DevOps and CI/CD pipelines where applicable.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

Core Technologies

• Proven experience installing and managing IBM Maximo Application Suite
• Strong expertise with Red Hat OpenShift, Single Node OpenShift and Kubernetes
• Experience with containerized enterprise applications

Infrastructure Skills

• On‑premise platforms:

VMware vSphere

Storage and networking concepts

• Cloud platforms (one or more):

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Cloud

• Load balancers, DNS, firewalls, and ingress controllers

Operating Systems & Middleware

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Experience with:

IBM Db2, Oracle & MS SQL Server

Kafka (as used within MAS)

Object storage (S3-compatible)

Automation & Tooling

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible – desirable)
• CI/CD pipelines (Git-based tooling)
• Monitoring and logging platforms
• MAS Ansible and CLI

Desirable Skills & Certifications

IBM Maximo or MAS certification

Red Hat OpenShift certification (e.g. DO280, DO380)

Cloud certifications (Azure / AWS)

Experience in asset management, utilities, transport, or manufacturing sectors

DevSecOps or SRE experience

Soft Skills & Competencies

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a multi‑disciplinary team

Clear documentation and communication skills

Comfortable working with clients and project stakeholders

Organized, detail‑oriented, and delivery‑focused