Site Reliability Engineer Co-op: 2025

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 an Automation focused intern for Site Reliability Engineer you will perform the following tasks:
• Develop Test Deploy and Maintain Automation code for various procedures/runbooks defined for several PowerVS Data Center Build Operations and Support related tasks.
• Develop Test Deploy and Maintain Automation code for various Data Collection Logs processing infrastructure monitoring backup and restore of critical logs/configuration data in PowerVS Data Centers
• Develop automation to reduce manual toil (automated repetitive tasks) using shell scripts (bash etc) Python Ansible and related tools and languages.
• Develop Test Deploy and Maintain Automation code to perform code stack updates on infrastructure systems (VIOS firmware PowerVC HMC Novalink NIM servers) as well as cloud supporting systems (jump servers sobox network nodes gateways TSM servers).
• Develop Test Deploy and Maintain Automation code to upload and maintain stock images offered in PowerVS environments.
• Develop Test Deploy and Maintain Automation code to remotely administer AIX and Linux servers maintain User IDs (Add/delete) and passwords.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Significant scripting/coding experience for automating various aspects of IBM Power systems administration.
• Automation using Python shell scripting (bash etc) Ansible and related tools and languages.
• Experience with AIX and Linux administration commands and networking.
• Experience with Redhat OpenShift Kubernetes
• Experience with DevOps CI CD Terraform
• Good communication: ability to communicate effectively.
• An automation mindset wherever possible you should look to use scripting and automation.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with configuring and tuning IBM AIX VIOS PowerVC
• IBM Cloud CLI APIs Terraform
• Knowledge of IBM Power Systems Storage Systems Cisco ACI Juniper vSR
• Understanding of system monitoring (Nagios ELK stack)