IBM Websphere Platform Engineer

Job#: 3035162

Job Description:

Ford

Hybrid On-Site Dearborn MI 4 Days

12+ Month Contract

$50-70/HR


Position Description:Employees in this job function are focused on developing and maintaining reusable software components that serve the needs of product developers in the organization. They are responsible for designing, implementing, integrating and maintaining the underlying infrastructure and software applications that support developer productivity and self-service. Key Responsibilities: 1. Collaborate with enterprise architects, software architects, software engineering teams, etc. to design the platform infrastructure and tools encompassing servers, networks, storage, databases, cloud services, etc. 2. Implement and manage the infrastructure that supports the platform tools and ensuring that upgrades, security patches and other performance improvements are regularly performed. 3. Evaluate cloud providers, containerization solutions and other complex technologies to deeply understand the configurations available and create abstractions of common configurations that can be utilized easily by application teams for their workloads 4. Write and execute automated Infrastructure as Code scripts and utilize processes like CI/CD to streamline and automate how the platform infrastructure is provisioned, configured and managed to improve consistency, traceability and repeatability 5. Integrate performance and monitoring best practices including QoS and SLA metrics to scale platform applications and managed services automatically due to demand. 6. Incorporate security and disaster recovery best practices into the infrastructure applications by integrating access control, identity management, logging/monitoring, public/private network configurations, data encryption, storage backup and disaster recovery, etc. 7. Facilitate the integration of enterprise managed software configurations into deployment pipelines managed by application teams to ensure approved configurations and best practices around security, networking, logging & monitoring, performance & scale, etc. are applied 8. Advocating feedback with service providers and developers, to ensure the platform continues to grow and evolve to meet their needsSkills Required:Scripting, Kubernetes, IBM Websphere Application Server, Linux, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, PythonSkills Preferred:Kubernetes, Scripting, Linux, IBM Websphere Application Server, GitHub, Jenkins, Python, DockerExperience Required:Engineer 3 Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang. 6+ years in IT; 4+ years in developmentExperience Preferred:• Experience with DataStage on IBM Information Server / DataStage 11.x versions and Good Experience in CP4d is nice to have. • Experience containerizing DataStage or integration workloads, or familiarity with hybrid DataStage deployments. • Experience with enterprise backup and DR solutions for middleware. • Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, IBM DataStage certifications. Technical Skills Summary • Platforms: IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Apache NiFi, Red Hat OpenShift • OS: RHEL/SUSE Linux • Scripting: Bash, Python (or Perl) • Containers: Docker, Kubernetes / OpenShift • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, GitOps concepts • SCM: GitEducation Required:Bachelor's DegreeEducation Preferred:Additional Safety Training/Licensing/Personal Protection Requirements:Additional Information :Hybrid worker, required to report to work in Dearborn, Michigan 4 days per week.



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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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Employee Type:
Contract

Location:
Dearborn, MI, US

Job Type:

Date Posted:
May 20, 2026

Pay Range:
$50 - $70 per hour

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