Maximo Platform Architect: MAS & OpenShift Strategy

Socket.dev; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company seeks an Infrastructure Solutions Architect to lead enterprise platform technologies, including IBM Maximo MAS and OpenShift, shaping architecture standards and modernization roadmaps.

You will drive environment strategy, resiliency, automation, and observability, coordinating with platform teams, cybersecurity, vendors, and project managers to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in supporting enterprise application platforms, infrastructure architecture, platform architecture, or senior technical leadership roles.
• 6+ years of supporting highly available applications in a 24/7 production setting, including monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Experience with IBM Maximo MAS and OpenShift; Oracle/Exadata; Linux/Windows enterprise servers.
• Familiarity with Jira, Remedy, Change Management, and Agile ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Partner with one peer Infrastructure Solution Architect and a team of Infrastructure Analysts.
• AI & Knowledge Engineering: Evaluate emerging AI-enabled capabilities to automate platform administration, diagnostics, and operational processes.
• Platform Architecture, Strategy, and Governance: Establish enterprise architecture standards, design patterns, roadmaps, environment strategies, and reviews for OpenShift MAS modernization.
• Platform Lifecycle Management: Lead upgrades, version management, DR exercises, and vendor compatibility planning.
• Operational Excellence: Lead production issue resolution, outage coordination, and drive monitoring improvements.
• Vendor & Internal Consultation: Build partnerships across technical disciplines to support vendors, internal teams, and PMs.

Skills

IBM Maximo v7.x MAS9.x

Red Hat OpenShift

DevSpaces

Automation Technologies

Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture

Platform Lifecycle Management

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

DevOps Practices

Capacity Planning

Production Support Operations

Incident & Change Management

Unix shell scripting

Windows PowerShell

PL/SQL

Kafka

Oracle / Exadata

Windows Server Administration

Observability & Monitoring Platforms

Technical Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Jira

Remedy

Change Management

Agile methodologies

Job description

Southern Company seeks an Infrastructure Solutions Architect to lead enterprise platform technologies, including IBM Maximo MAS and OpenShift, shaping architecture standards and modernization roadmaps.

You will drive environment strategy, resiliency, automation, and observability, coordinating with platform teams, cybersecurity, vendors, and project managers to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable services.