Software Specialist

Introduction
IBM Software Central is looking for a Software Architect . We manage a complex incoming data stream of customer usage information and ensure that it is accurate, fault-tolerant, distributed to internal systems as needed, and available for both the customer and IBMers to use.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an Architect you will be responsible for producing high-quality code with complete test coverage, based on requirements received from product management. You will work in an agile environment with full dev/ops responsibilities. The developers are responsible for pushing code into production on a daily basis. You will be responsible for ensuring that your code is fully instrumented with monitoring and logging, and meets all security criteria. You will be responsible for updating the devops workflow pipeline as necessary. You will be responsible for debugging code in our development and production environments. Some debugging of customer issues may be required. You will be expected to review code from other developers. You will code primarily in TypeScript. Our front end is implemented using the React framework.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Advanced proficiency in Java Standard Edition and Java Enterprise Edition.
• Professional experience in procedural programming for SQL database systems.
• Proficient in shell scripting using sh, bash, and batch scripts.
• Expertise in automating configurations and deployments using Ansible.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with:
• IBM Db2
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Experienced in creating and managing containers.
• Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Proficient in orchestrating containers using Kubernetes and managing containerized applications with OpenShift.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience with VMWare, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, Citrix, Nutanix, and Red Hat Openshift Virtualization.
• Deep technical knowledge, especially in managing and deploying on WebSphere Liberty Profile (WLP).
• Proficient in using Jenkins for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Experienced in performance measurement and optimization with JMeter.
• Skilled in using Rational Team Concert for team collaboration and source control.
• Proficient in version control systems, especially Git, and using GitHub for source code management.

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. 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.

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

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