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Infrastructure Specialist

IBM

IBM

Other Engineering
California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA
Posted on Mar 11, 2026
Introduction

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Your role and responsibilities

Role Profile

We are currently recruiting for an Azure Infrastructure Engineer - Level 3 to become a member of Neudesic’ s Managed Services Team. As a part of the team, you will report to the National Practice Director of Managed Services. You will manage and maintain Azure infrastructure for Managed Services customers. You will ensure the stability, maintenance and optimization of Client’s environments, providing support for complex issues. Effective communication with customers is key, along with participating in an on-call rotation for 24/7 support. You'll lead client projects to improve technology infrastructures, perform root cause analysis, and identify cross-selling opportunities. Additionally, you’ll maintain documentation, communicate project statuses, and mentor peers while pursuing ongoing training and certifications. Balancing priorities and adapting to customer needs will be crucial to your success.

Responsibilities include:

  • Be the trusted adviser to a client’s enterprise Azure Environment.
  • Ensure best practices and processes are utilized and optimized for Clients
  • Provide native Azure Infrastructure Operations (Run, KTLO, BAU, O&M, Steady State) support – including Technical and Functional – from service request tickets, incident tickets, and expected operational tasks.
  • Manage the health and hygiene of the infrastructure.
  • Identify and proactively fix issues before they are reported by users.
  • On-Call, from time to time, as needed.
  • Provide support during maintenance windows outside of normal working hours, from time to time, as needed.
  • Review daily/weekly/monthly reports and take necessary actions to mitigate the issues.
  • Act as an example – and leader – to peers and colleagues. Coordinate day-to-day work and tasks, as required, to facilitate effective and timely service delivery. Mentor and assist team members when needed.

As of February 9, 2022, Neudesic has been acquired by IBM and is now being integrated into the IBM organization. As a result, your recruitment process will be managed by IBM, which will also be the hiring entity.

This role can be performed anywhere in the US

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of study: Computer Science, Management Information Systems, etc., or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in an Azure infrastructure operations role supporting client production environments. Minimum 1 year experience in a team lead position.
  • Experience in managing multiple client environments through a managed services delivery structure.
  • Thorough understanding of cloud computing: virtualization technologies, network principles, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud delivery models and the current competitive landscape.
  • Subject matter expertise in implementing, provisioning / deprovisioning, managing, and monitoring Azure infrastructure including: Azure Portal, Azure Partner Center, Azure Networking, Virtual Networks, Servers, Virtual Machines, Storage, Compute, Operating Systems, Identity, Security, and Governance.
  • Strong experience with the following: Azure Monitor, Azure Firewall, Azure Update Manager, DNS, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Sentinel, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Site Recovery, Traffic Manager, Azure Policy, App Insights, Operations Management Suite, Azure SQL DBs, Azure Web Apps, Azure Gateways, Logic Apps, Function Apps, Azure Service Bus.
  • Strong background in support of Windows and Linux operating systems.
  • IT Service Management mindset, with focus on customer’s desired outcomes to support business objectives.
  • Strong sense of accountability and ownership of an issue until resolution.
  • Capable of technical deep dives, utilizing critical thinking, to analyze and troubleshoot issues.
  • Must be a self-starter who requires minimal supervision.

Certifications:

    • AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
    • AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
    • At least one additional advanced Microsoft Azure certification, preferred in infrastructure (AZ-305), networking (AZ-700), security (AZ-500) or AI (AI-900)
Preferred technical and professional experience

Having knowledge and or experience with the following are differentiators that will positively influence your application:

  • Azure Cost Management, Azure Security, Azure Policies, Azure Automation, ARM templates, API Gateway, Azure Entra ID.
  • Database management and/or software development within Azure.
  • Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
  • Conducting Azure Well Architected Framework (WAF) assessments.
  • Business Analyst (BA) and technical writing.
  • Scripting languages such as PowerShell, Ruby, Python, Bash.
  • Automation / configuration management / DevOps / Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) using Azure Templates, JSON, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
  • Containerization technologies such as Docker.
  • Other cloud models, specifically AWS and GCP.
  • Certifications: ITIL V4 Foundations

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 offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

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.