Software Developer for Db2 on IBM zOS

  • Software Engineering
  • Professional

Software Developer for Db2 on IBM zOS

  • Software Engineering
  • Professional

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
As a software developer in Db2 for z/OS team, you will be part of the team responsible for developing and maintaining the Db2 product on the z/OS platform. You will work on the design, implementation, and testing of new features that meet the needs of our clients. You will work with client and client success teams to resolve customer problems as well as deliver potential new enhancements with high quality.

We are looking for someone who has a strong desire to learn new technologies and is passionate about product quality and new technology. Candidates with strong programming, debugging and general problem troubleshooting skills are needed to excel in this position. As part of this role, you will also create function test cases to ensure code changes meet customer and internal requirements.


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Minimum 5-8 years of relevant software development experience
  • Programming skills in C/C++, Java, SQL and a desire to learn new technologies
  • Proficiency in source control management tools (GitHub, Tekton, Jenkins) and Agile
  • Life Cycle Management tools
  • Strong analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills to analyze issues and defects reported by customer and test teams
  • Knowledgeable about RDBMS concepts and SQL databases
  • Familiarity with agile software development processes
  • Ability to innovate in the areas of Product Engineering
  • Good communication skills and fluency in English
  • Flexible working schedule to collaborate with developers and teams located across different time zones


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • IBM Certified: Db2 for z/OS administrator or similar certification
  • Proficiency in z/OS and z/VM
  • IBM Certified: Db2 for z/OS administrator or similar certification
  • Proficiency in z/OS and z/VM
  • Experience with Db2 for z/OS, Db2 application development
  • Programming skills in Python, Node.js, and JCL
  • Programming skills in Assembler and PL/X is a plus
  • Ability to analyze system output from systems abends (logs, dumps)

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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

In 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.

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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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Being You @ IBM

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