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Hi,
The following requirement is open with our client.
Senior OpenShift Maximo Consultant
Duration: 6+ Months
Location: The Woodlands, TX (Remote; Occasional Travel to Client location)
Applications:
The Senior OpenShift Maximo Consultant will serve as a technical expert responsible for architecting, deploying, and supporting IBM Maximo and Maximo Application Suite (MAS) environments running on Red Hat OpenShift. This role combines deep Maximo functional/technical knowledge with hands-on containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud-native platform engineering expertise. The consultant will lead system modernization initiatives, support MAS migrations, optimize OpenShift clusters, and ensure highly available, secure, and compliant enterprise asset management environments across the organization.
Required Skills & Experience
- 12+ years of deep IBM Maximo technical experience (7.6.x and MAS 8/9).
- 3+ years of hands-on Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes administration.
- Strong knowledge of Maximo architecture, integrations, automation scripts, workflows, MIF, and database structures.
- Experience building and managing containerized enterprise workloads.
- Hands-on experience with WebSphere Liberty, DB2/SQL Server/Oracle, Red Hat Linux, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure preferred).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps pipelines, Helm charts, Operators, GitOps (ArgoCD/Tekton).
- Experience supporting regulated or critical asset industries (Energy, Utilities, Nuclear, Oil & Gas).
Key Responsibilities:
Maximo / MAS Architecture & Engineering
- Design, implement, and support IBM Maximo and MAS 8.x/9.x environments deployed on Red Hat OpenShift.
- Lead installations, configurations, upgrades, and patching for Maximo, MAS Work Centers, Manage, Monitor, Predict, and related applications.
- Evaluate and modernize existing Maximo 7.6.x environments, defining a roadmap to containerized MAS deployment.
- Architect integration patterns, data flows, and middleware configurations (WebSphere Liberty, Kafka, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.).
- Conduct performance tuning, system diagnostics, logging, and environment optimization.
OpenShift / Kubernetes Engineering
- Deploy, configure, and administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters across on-prem, cloud, or hybrid environments.
- Build secure container images, manage Operators, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Maximo components.
- Implement monitoring, scaling, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies for Maximo on OpenShift.
- Manage OpenShift networking, ingress/egress, secrets management, storage classes, and persistent volume provisioning.
Migration, Implementation & Support
- Lead migration from Maximo 7.6.1.x to MAS 8/9 on OpenShift, ensuring compatibility, data integrity, and business continuity.
- Support integrations with enterprise systems such as ESB, SAP, GIS (Esri), Active Directory, and PI/SCADA systems.
- Conduct environment troubleshooting across Maximo, Kubernetes, integrations, and database layers.
- Deliver high-quality documentation including architecture diagrams, installation guides, and runbooks.
Security, Compliance & Governance
- Implement OpenShift and MAS security best practices including IAM/OAuth, RBAC, network policies, and vulnerability remediation.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise IT/OT security standards for regulated industries, particularly Energy & Utilities.
- Work closely with InfoSec teams to support audits, hardening, and ongoing security monitoring.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Leadership
- Work closely with enterprise architects, DevOps teams, Maximo functional teams, database administrators, and business stakeholders.
- Provide solution recommendations, architectural leadership, and technical guidance across project teams.
- Lead workshops, discovery sessions, and knowledge transfer for operational teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Red Hat OpenShift Administrator / Architect certification.
- IBM Maximo or MAS certification(s).
- Experience with MAS Operator, Kafka/Event Streams, AI/ML Maximo components, or advanced monitoring (Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus).