Introduction

As a Cloud Engineer within IBM Cloud Engineering team, you will contribute to the design, deployment, and operation of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions supporting SAP workloads on IBM Cloud.

In this role, you will develop a deep understanding of SAP’s cloud infrastructure and play a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and automation of cloud-based services. You will collaborate closely with engineering, operations, and cloud service management teams to deliver highly available and efficient solutions that support SAP’s global operations.

The position focuses on automation, CI/CD enablement, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud observability, enabling efficient and reliable deployments across IBM Cloud environments while supporting hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

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 a Cloud DevOps Engineer, you will join one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers, contributing to the deployment, automation, and operation of SAP workloads running on IBM Cloud. You will be part of an international team, working closely with development, operations, and architecture colleagues to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions.

In this role, you will work in an enterprise environment where you can deepen your experience with modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud operations. You will have the opportunity to further develop your technical skills through hands-on work, collaboration with experienced colleagues, and access to learning resources and certifications, while contributing to meaningful, real-world projects.

You will:

  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to support cloud deployments
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
  • Support the deployment and operation of SAP workloads in cloud environments
  • Monitor system performance and contribute to maintaining reliable and stable services
  • Investigate and resolve infrastructure and deployment-related issues
  • Contribute to observability, monitoring, and alerting solutions
  • Collaborate with development, operations, and architecture teams to deliver integrated solutions
  • Maintain technical documentation and support knowledge sharing within the team

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud (min. 3+ years)
  • Experience using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions or similar tools)
  • Good working knowledge of Linux environments
  • Experience with scripting (Python or Bash) to support automation and operations
  • Experience working in production environments
  • Understanding of identity and access management concepts (IAM, federation)
  • Ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively in an international environment
  • Availability to work in a hybrid setup, with approximately 1 day per week on-site presence

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (working level)
  • Experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible)
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
  • Basic understanding of networking concepts (DNS, VPN, proxies)
  • Knowledge of cloud security practices (IAM, secrets, compliance)
  • SAP knowledge or exposure to SAP workloads
  • German language skills are considered an advantage

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.

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