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 looking for a developer with a keen interest in developing an innovative, future-oriented solution that automates and simplifies the installation, configuration and testing of Linux on Z systems.
Your main responsibilities will include designing and implementing new features, optimizing and maintaining existing code, and ensuring the high quality of the software through testing and debugging.
Become part of the IBM System Development Lab community, which is characterized by innovation and team spirit and offers one of the broadest project portfolios of hardware and software technologies within the IBM Corporation.
The developers in our team work in a highly agile development environment and are responsible for the entire software development lifecycle – from the design and implementation of new product features to testing for industry-leading quality assurance and continuous product delivery.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Your favorite operating system is Linux?
• Do you want to co-develop world-class Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IAAS) software?
• Would you like to contribute your expertise and advance your career in an international, agile development culture?

Then our team is the right place for you!

• Our Linux Infrastructure is responsible for providing an enterprise solution to create virtual machines on IBM Z and IBM Linux One systems to perform lifecycle operations. The software manages the relationships between data center resources such as servers, storage and networks and assigns them to specific projects and users according to a role-based scheme.
• The product also supports API communication to integrate with the Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) layer and is compatible with Ansible playbooks to automate VM creation and lifecycle management.
• By utilizing automation tools such as Ansible/Terraform, customers can effortlessly set up their environments without the need for a deep understanding of the IBM Z platform.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Good knowledge of Python
• Design of REST APIs
• Knowledge of Linux commands and scripting
• Basic knowledge of hypervisors and OS virtualization
• git/Gerrit, shell (ksh/bash)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Process and resource management in operating systems, network segmentation.
• Containers and orchestration, Jenkins, Groovy scripts and process automation.
• Bachelor’s degree with a background in informatics, computer science