Are you interested in developing operating systems and contributing to Open Source? Did you just graduate and are eager to become part of an worldwide development community? Is your favorite OS Linux based and you enjoy low-level programming? If so our team is the right place for you! We are expanding our IBM development team in Waterford. The team is responsible for enhancing the Linux kernel for IBM Z / IBM LinuxOne. This includes device drivers new processor instructions virtualization (KVM) confidential containers and test automation/devops (CI/CD).
As a key member of our team you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will include the design and specifications for new features implementation of the design identifying and bug fixing performance analysis submitting your code to upstream open source community repositories and solving client problems. This position requires working onsite 3 days per week.
* Demonstrated Professional experience and understanding of operating systems internals (e.g. memory management & task scheduling interrupts device drivers) .
* Experience in source code repository systems (e.g. git) scripting languages (e.g. Python) and in developing automation for CI/CD pipelines.
* Experience in packaging and management of software components.
* Minimum of 3 years professional experience working on low-level software development
* Extensive experience with one of the following C/C++ or Assembly.
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Any previous contributions to Open Source projects Skills in current I/O technologies (e.g. PCI NVMe RDMA) would be ideal
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Any skills in IBM Z architecture ("Principles of Operations") Z assembler and I/O concepts would be a bonus
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Experience in Cryptography would be a significant advantage