Backend Software Engineer

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.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• In the role of Software development engineer you would be responsible for development of individual product features for IBM of storage products IBM Software Defined Storage portfolio & IBM cloud storage services.
• The individual will be responsible for development of individual product features for IBM Software Defined Storage family of storage products & IBM cloud storage service.
• You will work with the senior technical leaders and manager in effectively managing the deliverables through his technical skills and prior experience.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 2+ years of industry experience in Linux Internals Ansible Python programming Systems knowledge Virtualization experience with VMware KVM..etc
• Product development experience in Public Cloud and experience of customize deployment on Public Clouds using Templates
• Proven knowledge of S/W development process & tools for product development/debugging using Ansible Python language Shell scripting.
• Product development/usage experience on Linux/Windows operating systems
• Good understanding of Virtualization (KVM VMWare) Container technologies (e.g. Kubernetes OpenShift Docker)
• Good understanding Linux networking internals networking technologies (TCP/IP Socket Programming Ethernet technologies)
• Good understanding of Linux Storage internals Storage NVMe and iSCSI/SCSI IP Storage Disk technologies – SSD HDD Cloud Storage
• Proven Storage domain knowledge with hands-on experience on storage software stack implementation and debugging on Linux operating systems.
• Experience in Systems/Storage domains Storage controllers and features like High availability DR Replication Snapshot techonolgies.
• Good problem-solving skills for complex issues with interdependencies across multiple modules
• Hands-on experience and knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Hands-on experience and knowledge of OCP and Kubernetes Operators CRDs
• Ability to crisply communicate with stake holders for resolving field issues.
• Knowledge and hand-on usage of code and defect management tools.
• Ability to meticulously plan and detail test executions and identifying dependencies.
• Good written/verbal communication skills to report program status crisply and accurately.
• Experience working with Global teams.
• Good technical leadership skills to mentor new team members.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Programming Experience with Ansible Python.
• Experience working with OpenShift and/or Kubernetes.
• Experience in Systems/Storage domains and features like Storage Replication Snapshot Networking techonolgies.
• Experience in GitHub Pull Request development workflow.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (IBM AWS Google Azure)
• Experience with Agile Software Development Experience
• Familiarity with storage concept.