Software Performance Analyst

  • Software Engineering
  • Professional

Software Performance Analyst

  • Software Engineering
  • Professional

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Software Developer who will be focusing on the world of Performance Analysis in a highly-scalable Cloud Infrastructure. You get to design assessments of the cloud’s performance behavior, tell the software developers where their programs are inefficient and develop high-performance prototypes that deliver the performance characteristics that our customers demand. You will be working with a highly motivated team of world-class performance experts. If you are an impassioned developer with a strong technical background who seeks responsibility, thrives when empowered, and wants to be a part of an agile team atmosphere; then look no further. You will be joining some of the most talented, creative, and dedicated developers in IBM and the industry at large. We strive to make IBM Cloud Infrastructure a place where you want to be, where you are proud to work, and where you are motivated to excel.

Your Impact:
Be a part of the world-class team that influences the future expansion of next-generation cloud solutions for speed, scale, and high availability.

Come join an exciting public cloud offering development team. In this role, you will get to work with a dedicated and creative group of people who are some of the most talented in the industry. Day to day you will be working in a dynamic Agile environment and integrating high performance software solutions into the IBM Public Cloud and other cloud solutions.

  • Previous experience in software development. You will be familiar with cloud-based solutions and have the ability to drill down the cloud software and hardware stack to isolate performance issues.
  • Utilize sound methodology & sophisticated techniques to analyze large volumes of data and improve the performance of internal and external cloud components.
  • Operate independently within a high functioning team environment.
  • Work with other performance and development engineers, be able to identify issues, and develop prototypes and solutions.
  • Review and understand the use cases, specifications, and requirements of each Statement of Work.


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Strong skills in programming and scripting languages: Python, Golang, C/C++, Bash/Shell,
  • Experience in analyzing and debugging software/hardware performance and scalability issues
  • Understand performance measurement & analysis methodology including load generation, profiling, and analysis tools
  • Understanding of OS concepts such as virtualization, memory management, I/O, scheduling
  • Understanding of computer architecture fundamentals
  • Detail working knowledge of at least one: Networking, Storage, Data Plane, Control Plane


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Experience with Kubernetes, micro-services architecture, and Docker containers
  • Familiarity with hardware accelerators such as GPUs and FPGAs.
  • Experience with Software Defined Networking (VXLAN, QoS, VIPs, etc…)
  • Familiarity with statistical data analysis and visualization tools/libraries (pandas, scipy, matplotlib)
  • Understanding topics such as garbage collection, data structures, memory management, multi-threaded programming
  • Experience or Familiarity with Agile development processes.

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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.


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

When applying to jobs of your interest, we recommend that you do so for those that match your experience and expertise. Our recruiters advise that you apply to not more than 3 roles in a year for the best candidate experience.

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


Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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