Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Seeking a talented, versatile big data software engineer with DOD/DOJ Top Secret level clearance to join a high paced team working on cutting-edge technology. The developer will be part of a small agile team building a big data pipeline, AI/ML-based analytics capabilities, and user interfaces for government customers. They will design, develop, integrate, test, and deploy software to a classified government high-performance compute environment using a combination of custom, open source, and off-the-shelf (GOTS/COTS) software packages. This project includes highly innovative work focused on leveraging AI/ML to discover patterns and develop insights across multiple networks and devices. The team is fast-paced, collaborative, and cohesive, and depends on team members to communicate openly and to design solutions and deliver quality code on a regular, aggressive clip.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• US Citizen with active DOD/DOJ Top Secret Level security clearance required on Day 1
• 2+ years of experience installing, configuring SELinux / Rocky Linux systems and implementing security hardening process in container-based systems.
• 2+ years of demonstrated hands-on experience configuring and operating container-based systems such as Kubernetes, Podman, Docker and/or OpenShift.
• 2+ years of demonstrated hands-on experience with Python and/or Java.
• 1+ years of experience managing DevOps in cloud based, high performance compute, or bare metal server environments.
• 1 + years designing and implementing Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, or Maven.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• 1+ year of experience installing and managing software on a high-performance compute environment.
• 1+ year experience with network data (IP traffic), internet protocols, telecommunications data
• 1+ year experience with Bro/Zeek, TShark/PyShark, nfstream or other network analysis tools
• Demonstrated interest and/or experience with AI/ML, including data management and algorithm development, evaluation and optimization
• TS//SCI with CI or FSP polygraph (current within 5 years) strongly preferred