Job Description

Introduction

IBM Infrastructure is a catalyst that makes the world work better because our clients demand it. Heterogeneous environments, the explosion of data, digital automation, and cybersecurity threats require hybrid cloud infrastructure that only IBM can provide.

Your ability to be creative, a forward-thinker and to focus on innovation that matters, is all support by our growth minded culture as we continue to drive career development across our teams. Collaboration is key to IBM Infrastructure success, as we bring together different business units and teams that balance their priorities in a way that best serves our client's needs.



IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Back-end developers are primarily responsible for the development of server-side software. The Backend developers help design, develop, and integrate solutions using best practice technologies, tools, techniques, and products our clients demand today. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client, a backend developer is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of.



Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Backend developer you will be responsible for Design, Development and testing of an IBM Cyber Resilience product through the full systems development lifecycle on both SaaS and Hybrid Cloud platforms. You will work in an agile, collaborative environment across software architecture, understanding both client-side development as well as the server-side development.


We seek an applicant who will thrive in an open, dynamic, flexible, fun, spirited, collaborative environment; an individual who desires creative freedom and the opportunity to work in a high performing team.



Responsibilities:• Design/development/testing in programming languages like Java, python in Container environment.
• Perform design and implementation reviews for other developers.
• Work in a fast moving and forward-thinking development environment that is constantly researching and implementing using the latest technologies.
• Participate in, and adhere to, professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Source Code Management (git), and GitHub. Ensure good code coverage.
• Support bug fixes during development/testing and deploy to target environments.
• Participate in the planning, creation and execution of automated test cases and load/performance testing.
• Regularly develop automation testing and maintenance of microservices.
• Create/maintain technical documentation. Hands on experience in handling and debugging customer issues, work with L2 support team.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Computer Science/Software Engineering knowledge and contribute to the technical skills growth of other team members.
• Good team player.



Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 2 to 5 years of relevant Development experience.
• Strong in programming - Core Java, Java J2EE, Microservices architecture, Python.
• Experience in working on a SaaS application with high industry standard CI/CD, and development cycle processes.
• Experience in Building Restful API, SDK APIs using different frameworks.
• Expertise of database technologies such as mongoDB/SQL/NoSQL/Vector Databases.
• Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, Ansible, Jenkins, Tekton.
• Experience in writing / executing Unit Tests and REST API automation.
• Experience and working knowledge of version Control systems like Github and build tools like Maven/Gradle.
• Continuous learning and ability to adapt to change.
• Strong sense of ownership of deliverables.
• Working across global teams and collaborating across teams and organization boundaries.
• Finding innovative ways to solve complex problems with cutting edge technologies.



Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience working on Linux
• Experience in Backup/Data-protection, Storage products.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms - AWS and IBM Cloud.
• Experience in using messaging brokers like Kafka etc.
• Experience in JavaScript, ReactJS, Typescript, HTML5, CSS.
• Good Knowledge of network fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, routing, and subnetting etc)
• Understanding of Network security principles, including firewalls, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and compliance standards.
• Understanding of VMware networking.
• Experience working with customers and/or customer facing teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.



About Business UnitIBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

Your Life @ IBMIn 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.


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About IBMIBM'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 50 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.



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