Introduction

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Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Software Developer, you will be part of a core team of developers, architects and product managers building the next generation of market-leading security products.

Your expertise at building highly automated, large-scale, high-performance, and reliable systems on OpenShift / Kubernetes will be critical, as you integrate core technologies in Threat Management. In this senior role, you will be expected to display a high level of technical knowledge and leadership as well as being an excellent hands-on developer.

You will work on developing our IBM Security QRadar Suite - a modernized threat detection and response solution, designed to unify the security analyst experience and accelerate their speed across the full incident lifecycle.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Proven several years hands-on development experience in:

  • working with shell scripts and automation languages including Python, Ansible, Golang, etc - building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines efficiently in Linux environment.
  • at least one major cloud provider from AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure or GCP, with focus on implementing and optimizing cloud-based solutions.
  • Kubernetes clusters or Red Hat OpenShift Platform, writing Kubernetes operators.
  • relational databases (Postgres), key-value (Redis) and message systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
  • Excellent communication skills in English and ability to work with a global team
  • Quick learner: flexibility to take on new challenges, curiosity to grasp fast new technologies, growth mindset

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Knowledge and work experience:

  • working with infrastructure as code with Terraform, JavaScript & Go, implementing and automating deployments on Kubernetes using tools like Helm or Kustomize
  • RESTful API, Docker, Jenkins, microservices, GitOps architecture and tools like ArgoCD.
  • on security and compliance, working with security scanning tools and validating the software supply chain of software
  • with Prometheus metrics and Thanos storage, setting up observability systems based on opentelemetry or other tools.
  • exposure to Open Source (adoption and contributions)
  • BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent experience

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?

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 wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.