IBM

Software Developer – zTools

Posted On

Oct. 3, 2024

Location

Bangalore, Karnataka

Experience Level

Professional

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Nov. 22, 2024

Job Description

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 a software developer, you will work with clients and others in a multidisciplinary team to define requirements and develop solutions. You will design, code, test and actively handled DevOps activities for IBM Z platform, that use programming languages including Java, C/C++, Assembler, PL1.
As an Engineering , you will play an essential role in integrating the project functions and resources across the product life cycle, right from planning, building, testing, and deployment to support. You will be responsible for supporting the zTools for the IBM Z Server systems (s390x) architecture. You need to conversant with all the technical as well as IT operations aspects for integrated operations and expected to know about the various automation tools which may be required for process automation and testing. You will be monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for its adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimising the wastage. You would be expected to work closely with local and globla team with an end-to-end ownership of the CICD, Pipeline in managing delivery schedules and assure highest quality release with maximum exploiter/customer satisfaction. Additionally, collaborate with relevant stakeholders including research, development, eco-system(ISV, parners), offering, customer facing teams to ensure product is amply highlighted.
As a engineers play a vital role in the development and release of products and offerings. Their core responsibilities include implementing CI/CD pipelines, building and validating images, and managing infrastructure using tools like Tekton and Jenkins. They also develop scripts, playbook/runbooks and Terraform to efficiently manage resources. DevOps engineers utilize cloud platforms to optimise infrastructure, scale resources according to demand, and ensure cost-effectiveness. Additionally, they manage and orchestrate containers in development environments using tools like Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring the scalability and resilience of applications. They continuously work on improving system and application performance through monitoring and logging tools, analysing logs for troubleshooting and performance optimisation.
While the majority of their work (75%–80%) involves managing the development platform, also spend around 20% - 25% of their time developing and enhancing scripts and tools to automate infrastructure, streamline development processes, and maintain CI/CD pipelines. These tools are often written in Python, Shell scripting, and Ansible and are commonly used for tasks like installing software packages or configuring network settings, further enhancing operational efficiency.

Design and develop highly scalable, reliable, extensive, and maintainable pipelines.
Establish and implement best engineering practices such as architectural design, unit and regression testing, test-driven development, pair programming, and continuous integration frameworks.
Work with the Development and infrastructure team to ensure that all the required monitoring, exception handling and fault tolerance is in place for a production quality of the product/platform
Setup and maintain loosely build and development environments to improve efficiencies.
Collaborate with various Stakeholder teams, to have an appropriate solution/requirement.
Identify and investigate emerging trends, latest technologies and develop PoCs to develop/Enhance existing environment using various technologies & tools.
Participate, drive technical discussions.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

5 - 7years of software development experience
5+ years of professional experience working as devops, being familiar with shell scripts and configuration management systems (chef, ansible, terraform,...) building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
3+ years experience in closely working with the team as a technical lead to translate requirements into work items (stories).
2+ years of experience with at least one more of the following languages: C++, PL/1, Java, GO (having knowledge of zOS is advantageous).
2+ years of experience operating kubernetes clusters or RedHat Openshift Platform
2+ Experience with at least 1 cloud provider from AWS, IBMCloud, Azure or GCP.
2+ Experience in developing tools and products using at least one scripting languages - Ansibile, Python, JavaScript, Typescript, Ruby, Rust, Swift, Kotlin.
Strong analytical, debugging and problem solving skills to analyse issues and defects reported by customer-facing and test teams.
Proficient in source control management tools (GitHub, ) and with Agile Life Cycle Management tools.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Knowledge of developing products and services for Banking & Financial industries.
Candidates having Systems exposure and especially with IBM Z/Mainframe Systems are preferred
Good understand of Quality and continuous improvement activities.

About Business Unit

IBM 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.

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 @ IBM

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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 IBM

IBM'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 Statement

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