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Infrastructure Specialist - DevOps

IBM

IBM

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
Posted on Jan 29, 2026
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.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Infrastructure Specialist, you directly support clients in transforming their business by addressing their system and infrastructure needs with innovative solutions.

You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions, leveraging your knowledge of IBM and non-IBM cloud and on-premises platforms. In this role, you will be responsible for managing cloud infrastructure and supporting cloud migration initiatives; moreover, you will act as a technical liaison among IT Architects, IT Analysts, technical resources, and project stakeholders.

Following a well-structured implementation process, you will work on customer requirements gathering, understand risks and client pain points, carry out Proof of Concept (PoC) implementations, and guide the development toward a baseline solution implementation.

Your work will empower IBM and its clients globally, bringing innovation into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools, and technologies, as well as a clear career path within the world’s leading technology company.

Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

As an Infrastructure Specialist, we are looking for candidates with the following background and skills:

  • Strong Linux system administration skills, including operational activities on Linux machines, usage of system utilities, shell scripting, and familiarity with VI editor.
  • Hands-on experience with Grafana (version 11 or earlier), including installation and configuration on Linux environments, as well as installation, configuration and usage of third-party plugins.
  • Hands-on experience with Prometheus, including installation and configuration in Linux environments.
  • Knowledge of programming languages, preferably Java or Golang, for the development of custom Prometheus exporters.
  • Solid knowledge of Java as a core programming skill.
  • Basic to intermediate knowledge of HTML, for dashboard customization and UI-related activities.
  • Knowledge of one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud or Red Hat Platform).
  • Understanding of Cloud Component services including Computer, Storage, Networking and Application Monitoring systems.
  • Experience in provisioning infrastructure considering cloud native architecture and deployment models.
  • Understanding of DevOps practices.
  • Ability to produce high-quality documentation related to solution design and implementation.
  • Intermediate knowledge of English language.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Preferred technical and professional experience

In particular, are very appreciated:

  • Certifications in a public Cloud platform (e.g. Azure, AWS, Google, IBM Cloud)

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 wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.