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Senior Infrastructure Engineer (L3)

IBM

IBM

Other Engineering
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 23, 2025
Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced L3 Infrastructure Support Engineer to join our team and support some of our top clients locally in the Los Angeles Metroplex. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supporting Linux systems, AWS, and Nutanix environments. This role requires expertise in managing and troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues, ensuring the stability and performance of our systems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage and support Nutanix environments, including Nutanix Flow, AHV, AOS, and Prism.
  • Create, manage, and troubleshoot Nutanix security policies and micro-segmentation.
  • Perform Nutanix cluster creation, expansion, and migration of workloads from VMware to Nutanix.
  • Administer Linux servers, including OS versions, lifecycle management, and enterprise-scale deployments.
  • Deploy and manage workloads on AWS and other hyperscalers (Azure, GCP).
  • Utilize Ansible/Terraform for infrastructure automation and management.
  • Manage storage technologies (SAN) and perform updates and firmware upgrades.
  • Document standard operating procedures (SOPs) and maintain clear communication with leadership, colleagues, and customers.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.

Required education
Associate's Degree/College Diploma
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

Required Skills:

  • Expert-level experience with Linux adminstration, Nutanix Flow, AHV, AOS, and Prism.
  • Proven experience in Linux system administration and virtualization technologies (VMware).
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and other hyperscalers.
  • Proficiency in Ansible/Terraform for automation.
  • Strong knowledge of storage technologies and networking fundamentals.
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with Python/PowerShell scripting.
  • Knowledge of database platforms relevant to Windows and Linux server support.
  • Understanding of security and identity management (AAA).
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Experience with Python/PowerShell scripting.
  • Knowledge of database platforms relevant to Windows and Linux server support.
  • Understanding of security and identity management (AAA).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.