Job Summary:The IP4G Engineer is a crucial member of the team, specializing in the integration, optimization, and management of the IP4G environment. This role requires expertise in IBM Power architecture, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and cloud-native technologies to deliver high-performance, scalable, and cost-effective solutions for clients. The Engineer collaborates closely with cross-functional Engineering and Product teams to design, deploy, and support IBM Power workloads on Google Cloud, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.Essential Functions:- Deploy code and configure infrastructure components in support of IP4G, leveraging deployment automation tools and infrastructure as code (IaC) practices.- Participate in workshops, and presentations to discuss project requirements, progress, and future roadmap plans.- Collaborate with team members on best practices to ensure quality, stability, performance, resiliency, and maintainability of your solutions- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement.- Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews.- An on-call rotation with other members of the Platform Operations team- Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.- Scale systems sustainably through automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.- Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.- Contribute to public and internal documentation to amplify your impact.- Collect, analyze and report on IP4G support metrics / KPIs to identify problems or areas of focus.- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the IP4G infrastructure.- Collaborate with engineering and observability teams to improve telemetry and log collection, add new dashboards, and create alerts.- Continuously improve our ability to identify and resolve incidents by improving the observability and tools available to our team- Ensure adherence to security policies and procedures- Other duties as assigned.Required Skills/Abilities/Competencies- Development experience with Python and/or Go preferred- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.- Ethical and critical thinking.- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.- Proficiency in programming languages.- Strong background knowledge of IBM Power architecture, AIX/Linux operating systems, virtualization technologies (e.g., PowerVM, PowerVC, Openstack), storage solutions (e.g., IBM Flash Systems, San Volume Controller) or Networking technologies (e.g. EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, VLANs, Routing, Firewalls)- Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform services, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Networking, and IAM.Education and Experience:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.Certification in IBM Power Systems (e.g., IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX, IBM Certified Technical Sales Specialist) and Google Cloud Platform (e.g., Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect) is highly preferred.Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing IBM Power workloads in cloud environments, preferably within a managed services or cloud service provider organization