Job Description

Introduction

India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) is part of IBM Systems world-wide technology development lab. Established in 1996, the Lab is headquartered in India's Silicon Valley and startup hub - Bengaluru, with a strong presence in Pune and Hyderabad. Developers at ISDL deliver technology innovations across the entire Systems portfolio - z Systems, Power / OpenPOWER Systems and Storage. The team here works across the entire stack from processor design, firmware, operating system to software defined storage. The lab also focuses on innovations, thanks to the creative energies of the teams. The lab has contributed over 400+ patents in cutting edge technologies and inventions so far.

While computing veers towards cognitive, cloud, mobile, social, and security, the lab has significantly contributed to not just new products focused in these areas, but has also ushered in new development models such as Agile, Design Thinking and DevOps.



Your Role and Responsibilities

Who you are:

We are IBM ZOS (Z Operating System) - IBM zERT Network Analyzer Product team working on Z Enterprise Systems and we build the most secure systems for our Banking and Enterprise customers to deploy their mission critical applications. Also, We provide atmost security and Data management on Z systems. The mission critical applications run on zOS and the IBM zERT Network Analyzer product provides a new plug-in named IBM zERT Network Analyzer. IBM zERT Network Analyzer is a web-based graphical user interface that z/OS network security administrators can use to analyze and report on data reported in zERT Summary records.



z/OS V2R3 Communications Server introduced a new feature called z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT). zERT positions the TCP/IP stack to act as a focal point for collecting and reporting the cryptographic security attributes of IPv4 and IPv6 TCP and Enterprise Extender (EE) connection traffic that is protected using the TLS/SSL, SSH and IPSec cryptographic network security protocols. Connection data is written to z/OS System Management Facility (SMF) in two new SMF type 119 records:



zERT Connection Detail (subtype 11) records are written on a per-connection basis to record the cryptographic protection history of a given TCP or EE connection.

zERT Summary (subtype 12) records are written on a per-security-session basis at the end of each SMF interval to summarize the repeated use of security sessions during the interval.



What you'll do:


To Build the world most secure system via Z systems which helps customers to deploy their application, also provide a platform to deploy Private Cloud, Stand alone systems hosting mission critical application, also to defend againist threats like Cyber Threats, etc and making the enablement experience quicker and easier.
• Architect, Design and Develop Features related to IBM Z Network Analyzer
• Develop platform management software to enhance user experience
• Modenise User interface for a simplified and unified customer experience.
• Key skills needed are - Java, Web UI - Javascript, Carbon, Relational database programming skills - SQL, JDBC, JPA.
• Database administration skills (Db2 would be ideal).
• Experience working on z/OSMF, WebSphere Liberty



How we'll help you grow:

You'll have access to all the technical and management training courses you need to become the expert you want to be
• You'll have access to all the technical and management training courses you need to become the expert you want to be.
• You'll learn directly from expert developers in the field; our team leads like to mentor
• You have the opportunity to work in many different areas to figure out what really excites you



Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Must Have :
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience of atleast 8 years in z/OS Environment & Systems Development.
• Expertise in OS concepts (z/OS architecture, zVM basics, virtualisation, platform management), Exposure to Hybrid Cloud, virtualisation, Device Drivers, File Systems, Storage management / Networking management, REST API & DevOps (Continuous Integration)
• Demonstrated execution experience of Systems project development and test on zOS platform with good experience on zVM, zOS
• Architect, Design and Develop Features related to IBM Z Network Analyzer
• Good communication skills and be able to work effectively in a global team environment.
• Develop Network Analyzer tools / features to enhance user experience
• Modenise User interface for a simplified and unified customer experience.
• Key skills needed are - Java, Web UI - Javascript, Carbon, Relational database programming skills - SQL, JDBC, JPA.
• Database administration skills (Db2 would be ideal).
• Experience working on zOS Platform, z/OSMF, WebSphere Liberty.
• Able to guide a team of lesser experienced professionals.
• Excellent Communication, people management and leadership skills



Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Preferred:
• Key skills needed are - Java, Web UI - Javascript, Carbon, Relational database programming skills - SQL, JDBC, JPA.
• Database administration skills (DB2 Preferred).
• Experience working on zOS Platform, z/OSMF, WebSphere Liberty.



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