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

　　We are looking for Software Engineers who are self-starters, quick learners, and who enjoy working in a challenging, fast paced environment. Members of our teamwork with the world's leading companies in industries including banking, commerce, insurance, social media, transportation and governments as they enable their mission critical business applications via the web. Responsibilities include providing remote technical support assistance to our clients using Problem Determination (PD) and Problem Source Identification (PSI) skills. In addition to determining recommendations for problem resolution, our engineers communicate action plans to our clients to ensure that the client is satisfied with steps towards resolution or the problem's root cause. Our engineers continually flex their programming and technology skills through driving problem resolution using existing and/or new technical Support tools and procedures which can often include examining source code, providing feedback to development for product improvement, creating test cases, creating tools or providing debug modules to our clients.

　　This position is specifically for Technical Support Engineer candidates who will be part of a worldwide team responsible for diagnosing and troubleshooting software problems within Cloud Integration organization, supporting products IBM App Connect, or Cloud Pak for Integration on multiple operating systems, virtual, and cloud.

　　Immediate skills for an outstanding candidate include a strong understanding in container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, Microservices architecture, Red Hat OpenShift, Cloud platforms like IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP, Networking protocols, and Java, JavaScript, and C programming languages. Must be willing to work on a weekend rotation to lead diagnosis of critical customer outages.

　　Required Technical and Professional Expertise

　　Candidate must have 5 to 10 years of IT experience out of which atleast 5 years in production support as Level 2 production support engineer.

　　Experience in UNIX/Linux operating system

　　Experience in 3-tier web service architecture

　　Willing to work in shifts.

　　Scripting skills, such as Perl, Ruby, Python

　　Basic skills in database server (MySQL) administration

　　Knowledge in XML technologies including DTD, XSLT, XPATH, XSD and XQuery

　　Ability to troubleshoot and identify the root cause of issues

　　English language skills including read, write and speak

　　Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

　　Communication and customer focus skills - be able to understand customer problems and articulate status to customers.About Business UnitIBM's Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM's Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments-with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.

　　This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

　　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.

　　Are you ready to be an IBMer?

　　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.

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　　For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

　　Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.