Introduction

　　A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customers challenges into solutions.

　　Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

　　We are seeking a skilled backend engineer to join Platform Engineering team for Data and AI organization within IBM Software. As part of our team, you will be responsible for designing, building, maintaining the underlying infrastructure and tools necessary to support and enable software development, deployment, and operations at scale.

　　Your Role and Responsibilities

　　At IBM, you will be part of Platform Engineering team for Cloud Pak for data, supporting our enterprise customers in deploying and building AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and managing containerized environments, with a strong emphasis on network and storage infrastructure. As part of Platform Engineering team, you will be responsible for

　　Designing and building the underlying infrastructure, such as servers, networks, and storage systems, that support the software applications and services.

　　Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement container storage solutions and strategies, leveraging technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, or similar containerization platforms.

　　Develop and manage container storage systems, including persistent storage solutions for various containerized applications.

　　Optimize container network performance and troubleshoot issues related to container networking, storage, and data persistence.

　　Work with external vendors for their storage selection, performance testing and verification.

　　Developing and managing the tools and services necessary for continuous integration, continuous delivery, and deployment automation.

　　Defining and implementing the best practices for system configuration, health check monitoring, and performance optimization.

　　Implement best practices for container security, data integrity, and disaster recovery in containerized environments.

　　Ensuring the overall quality, security, compliance, and reliability of the platform.

　　Managing the platform's lifecycle, including installs, upgrades, patching, and retirement.

　　Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies related to container networking and storage, providing recommendations for improvements.

　　Required Technical and Professional Expertise

　　Strong understanding of diverse infrastructure platforms & concepts.

　　Experience with containers, containers orchestration software, cloud platforms. Good hold on technology like Kubernetes, Microservices, Cloud Storage, delivery pipelines, and REST APIs.

　　Experience with any one modern programming language like GO, Python, NodeJS, Javascript

　　Deep understanding of multiple technical functions such as Storage NAS and SAN, network fundamentals

　　Experience in Storage hardware/software technologies such as:

　　IBM ODF / Spectrum Scale

　　NetApp - ONTAP, Astra

　　Portworx

　　Object Storage

　　Storage management and optimization: upgrades, audits, performance monitoring and troubleshooting, migration, volume configuration and provisioning

　　Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

　　Knowledge and Expertise of leading development / QA projects.

　　Knowledge of public cloud architecture, such as AWS, Azure, GCP etc.

　　Knowledge of network protocols and implementation in hyper scale data center networks.

　　Experience with integrated development environments (eg: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code)

　　Experience with Source control management (eg Git): to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code

　　Experience with Microservices Architecture and design.

　　About Business UnitIBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

　　Your Life @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

　　Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

　　Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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　　About IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

　　Location StatementIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to: - Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being - Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs - Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law - Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals - Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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