Network Reliability Engineer

Introduction
IBM's CIO Network Engineering Team has an exciting opportunity for a Networking Site Reliability Engineer for our corporate network. This role will be joining a collaborative, cross-organization environment with a cooperative "whatever-it takes" approach by each team member. Networking Site Reliability Engineers will focus on Availability, Performance, Automation, Efficiency & Change Management. This is a hands-on role with ability to work with SMEs across all networking product disciplines to drive stability and reliability concepts into every segment of our network with the goal to maintain the very best IBMer user experience. Strong candidates will have established experience in software development, networking, problem solving skills. Ideal candidates will have worked in both a software development and network engineering capacity.

Your Role and Responsibilities
• Involvement in every part of product segment support from the earliest stages of influencing product architecture, troubleshooting, and performance analysis to ensure a reliable quality product in production.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate clearly on status and progress.
• Create Network automation enhancements to help rapidly growing number of networking devices and services.
• Take initiative to do what must be done to keep critical network product segments operating.
• Support and manage in scope Network Infrastructure and Devices for IBM CIO. (LAN,WAN, WLAN, DC)
• When required, perform general OS updates/patches, networking configuration changes, installs and automate/script wherever possible.
• Participate in periodic on-call rotation for weekend coverage 24/7 (Follow the Sun)

Monthly salary starting from 3.500,00 EUR gross, depending on relevant experience and skill set

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• Experience in application development
• Demonstrated experience with Ansible or with Python, BASH and other scripting languages.
• Demonstrated and proven understanding of enterprise network architecture principles and practices
• Experience using Linux and/or having Linux administration skills
• Experience with deployment and integration of monitoring tools (e.g. Instana, SevOne, Forward Networks, Open-
Source Systems)
• Experience using and coding to API frameworks
• Experience with code repository and revision control systems (e.g GitHub)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
• Experience with various Network Technologies in SD-LAN/WAN, Firewalls, F5, NAC.
• Knowledge of respective technologies on CCNP level or higher.
• Familiarity with full software development life cycle (SDLC): Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing, Deploying, Training,
Maintaining and Operational Support.
• Previous experience working in Agile concepts and methodologies.
• Creative thinking to develop innovative solutions for complex challenges.
• Ability to develop tools and features and functions based on client interviews and documented requirements.