Back End Developer for IBM Z

Your Role and Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
• As part of a multi-functional team, you will help expanding the memory management of the z/VM operating system.
• You will have the opportunity to work on virtualizing a bleeding edge hardware architecture and work with customers and stakeholders from design, development, and test to field support of the product deliverables.
As a key member of our dynamic team, you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences.

Your responsibilities will comprise of design and specifications for new enhancements, coding, test automation, problem determination and bug fixing, performance analysis, submitting your code to upstream community repositories, and solving client problems.

In this job offering, we are specifically looking for new team members to grow our zVM and KVM development, test and service squad.

Introduction
We are looking for qualified software engineer candidates to be part of our IBM Z Systems team, to help us take z/VM and KVM virtualization to the next level on the mainframe. z/VM provides a highly secure and scalable environment for efficiently running critical Linux applications, with support for more Linux virtual servers than any other platform in a single footprint. The IBM mainframe is responsible for most credit card transactions and is used by the many of the top insurers, banks, retailers, and airlines.

Our Linux development team is responsible for enhancing the Linux kernel for IBM Z / IBM LinuxOne including its device drivers, libraries, tools, compilers, debuggers, virtualization (KVM) and test automation (CI/CD). We tightly collaborate with the international development teams of IBM (e.g. hardware and firmware development), the global maintainers of Open Source communities, and our Linux distribution partners (Red Hat, SUSE, Canonical). Our focus is on the support of the IBM Z / LinuxONE architecture, e.g. new processor instructions, new I/O attachments (PCIe, NVMe, Ethernet, RDMA etc.) and accelerators for AI and cryptographic functions. Linux on IBM Z / LinuxONE forms the basis of many of IBM's commercial solutions in Cloud, Analytics, Finance, and AI.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3+ years of experience in Virtualization and Linux development
• 2+ years of experience in low-level/assembler development
• 2+ years of experience in operating systems and virtualization/hypervisor development
• Expert skills in operating systems internals (e.g. memory management & task scheduling, interrupts, device drivers)
• Expert skills in source code repository systems (e.g. git), scripting languages (e.g. Python) and test Automation (e.g. Jenkins) skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Skills in virtualization and emulation technologies
• Skills in current I/O technologies (e.g. PCI, NVMe, RDMA) and Memory Management technologies
• Skills in IBM Z architecture (Principles of Operations), Z assembler and I/O concepts
• You are highly motivated
• Demonstrated communication skills

Required Education
High School Diploma/GED

Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree

About Business Unit
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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Other Relevant Job Details
IBM 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), cash balance pension plan, 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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