Site Reliability Engineering Professional

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

• Planning installing configuring and implementing zLinux
• Installing migrating and enabling zLinux
• Planning configuring and implementing zLinux for continuous availability across planned or unplanned outage of any single hardware or software element.
• Planning installing testing and implementing zLinux service level upgrade and patches.
• Planning monitoring and implementing configuration changes to enhance zLinux performance.
• Creating and deploying zLinux LPARS
• Installation configuration and administration of zLinux
• Customizing patching and securing zLinux
• Planning and implementing support for disaster recovery.
• Providing technical assistance to IBM CIO programmers.
• May require rotating 24×7 on-call support responsibility as well as weekend support

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• Planning installing configuring and implementing z/Linux
• Installing migrating and enabling z/Linux
• Planning configuring and implementing z/Linux for continuous availability across planned or unplanned outage of any single hardware or software element.
• Planning installing testing and implementing z/Linux service level upgrade and patches.
• Planning monitoring and implementing configuration changes to enhance z/Linux performance.
• Creating and deploying z/Linux guests and operating systems
• Installation configuration and administration of zLinux Linux
• Customizing patching and securing zLinux
• Planning and implementing support for disaster recovery.
• Providing technical assistance to IBM CIO programmers.
• May require rotating 24×7 on-call support responsibility as well as weekend support

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Information Technology degree and/or technology certifications preferred or substantial equivalent experience.
• Experience with building packages.
• Experience with Bash and other scripting.
• Knowledge of IBM mainframe technologies including z/VM & zOS.
• Good communication skills both written and oral are required as the individual must interface with application developers support teams software vendors and management staff.
• 5 – 10 years Red Hat Enterprise Linux engineering experience.
• IBM zLinux Z Systems Programmer experience.
• REXX TCPIP Web-Interfaces.
• Experience with building Linux packages.
• Experience or familiarity with Ansible OpenShift Jira and ServiceNow.