Job Description

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.



Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Software developer in the cloud storage area, you will be implementing and consuming APIs in the IBM cloud infrastructure environment.



You will be a motivated self-starter who loves to solve challenging problems and feels comfortable managing multiple and changing priorities, and meeting deadlines in an entrepreneurial environment.

You are Highly organized, detail-oriented, excellent time management skills and able to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, high-volume, and evolving work environment.



Responsibilities include:• Designing and developing storage integrations to enable and support cloud platform business efforts
• Participate in troubleshooting and fixing issues in existing cloud storage environment
• Required to produce code that is secure, scalable, and reliable, supported by unit tests, functional tests, and technical documentation
• Required to participate in code reviews for your peers' development work, triage and solve live
• customer issues, and participate in all scrum activities
• Additionally, monitor, measure, and improve code and data performance for the application you help to develop
• Available for occasional on-call shifts during daytime hours and weekends


All of this will take place in a strong team environment, which necessitates strong communication



Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8-16 years of experience delivering code for active Cloud Services/Projects
• Experience debugging complex problems
• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production systems
• Expertise in Ansible, Bash, core Python development, and deployments in production environment is a must.
• Experience automating infrastructure, configuration management, testing, and deployments using tools like Ansible, Chef and can explain the Infrastructure as Code paradigm
• A strong understanding of diverse infrastructure platforms and infrastructure concepts required.
• Systems management experience in Linux/UNIX systems (RHEL preferred)
• Experience in Docker and containerization technologies
• Experience with cloud computing technologies
• Experience with k8s CRDs, k8s controller programming with watcher informer model
• Must have good experience in Infrastructure Operations automation and IT Service Management with hands on exposure in data centre administration, configuration , Incident management and support.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation tools and scripts to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual errors.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices for provisioning and managing infrastructure across various environments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance issues, identify root causes, and implement solutions to prevent future occurrences.
• Participate in incident response activities, diagnose problems, and work towards swift resolution to minimize downtime.
• Collaborate with developers and operations teams to define Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Continuously improve monitoring and alerting processes to ensure proactive identification and resolution of potential issues.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in SRE and cloud computing.



Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with Linux virtualization technologies such as KVM, Xen and QEMU
• Experience with Ceph, NFS, NVME, or object storage technologies
• Excellent Git skills (merges, rebase, branching, forking, submodules)
• Experience with Python, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins
• Experience with application deployment using CI/CD
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with chaos engineering principles.
• Experience with performance optimization techniques.



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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