Introduction
A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customers challenges into solutions.
Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.
We are seeking a skilled back-end developer to join our IBM Software team. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software products, working with a variety of technologies and programming languages.
IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Within IBM Z, you'll play a pivotal role as mainframe system programmer, leading some of the following CI/CD activities in the z/OS platform
- Provision and maintain z/OS environments (e.g. IPL, install SMP/E, APARs/PTFs)
- Develop and maintain DevOps pipelines where z/OS processes follows CI/CD practices, aiming to increase the Sw quality and delivery speed, thru highly automated processes
- Collaborate extensively with global teams gathering requirements and leading the engineering stages
- Estimate and plan requirements following Agile practices with your stakeholders
- Modernize and optimize legacy process that leads to Infrastructure as a Service (Ansible automation, or similar) on top of hybrid cloud environments
- Contribute in the IBM Z AI developments
Overall, as z/OS sys prog, you'll enroll in one of the most fascinating technology platforms with +50 years of history, combining legacy portfolios and one of the most exciting areas for innovation and growth in the AI space for IBM Z, your career and our clients.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Exposure on z/OS : running, coding and monitoring JCLs, Storage/Data Spaces management, RACF/security, Network, ISPF, SMP/E, IPL among others
- Exposure to automation: Netview, System Automation
- Exposure to SYSPLEX concepts, configuration and management
- Exposure to install Sw products via SMP/E and/or APAR's/PTFs
- Exposure in any z/OS subsystems like : CICS, IMS, zOS Connect, DB2, Java, ZOWE, zOSMF, etc.
- Exposure to problem determination that leads to follow RC/RS and problem resolution actions thru zOS documentation
- Scripting/coding experience : JCL, REXX, Python, Ansible, Ant, Shell, etc.
- Exposure to CI/CD toolchains like : Jenkins, Artifactory, Tekton, Compliance, Security Scans
- Linux sys admin foundation
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Back end developer experience (e.g. Java backend, C/C++)
- Cloud CI/CD and toolchain experience
- Linux KVM concepts: Virtual networking, copy-on-write filesystems (BTRFS, Stratis)* Exposure to z/OS traditional/alternate hypervisor environments like: z/VM, zPDT, zVDT, or zD&T.
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?