IBM Lead-Backend Developer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

428260450

Understands and is able to integrate new technologies such as Software-Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualization to cloud platforms with skills in the areas of Virtual switches, Network overlay technologies, Overlay technologies, Physical NIC drivers and selective leverage offloads a software interfaces.

Has working experience of Linux based driver ecosystem development and integration and has work experience with kernel networking subsystems such as iptables, sockets and has
broad understanding of core network troubleshooting skills, response with urgency on incidents, perform root cause analysis, look out for the patterns, build knowledge base.

Development experience in solutions for SDN infrastructure on Z server platform and

What you will do (Roles & Responsibilities) :

• Understand and integrate new technologies such as Software-Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualization to cloud platforms with skills in the areas of Virtual switches, Network overlay technologies, Overlay technologies, Physical NIC drivers and selective leverage offloads a software interfaces
• Linux based driver ecosystem development and integration.
• Work with kernel networking subsystems such as iptables, sockets
• Need to have core network troubleshooting skills, response with urgency on incidents, perform root cause analysis, look out for the patterns, build knowledge base.
• You will be developing solutions for SDN infrastructure on Z server platform
• You will be expected to work with global teams and independently own the areas of responsibility.
• Expected to participate in scrums, sprint planning and retrospectives and be an active member of the team providing feedback to improve as needed.
• You will be expected to work collaboratively with the team, learn new technologies and apply the skills learned

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Upto 15 years of working experience with Linux distributions (Ubuntu/RHEL) in a production environment.
• ZCAT Skills
• Customer Facing Skills – technical demos, deployments in customer environment, Bill of Materials experience is needed
• Expertize arriving at quick solutions integrating multiple products on a LinuxONE environment
• Expertize working on s390x (Z Systems / LinuxONE)
• Knowledge of Tools like Ansible / Terraform etc is an advantage one or more programming languages is useful
• Working knowledge of Containers (for eg. docker / Podman etc) & related technologies like container registries, Dockerfiles,
• creating container images, deploying containers
• Knowledge of Container Orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of working with Linux distros like Ubuntu
• Good knowledge of Virtualization like hypervisor, Virtual Machines, Bare Metal, Partitions etc and infrastructure/system management.
• Domain Expertize (Strongly recommended )
• Cryptographic operations & algorithms – encryption / decryption, hashing / digital signatures etc including AES / DES / RSA
• Understanding of key management and it’s lifecycle
• Candidates with knowledge of Hardware Security Modules, PKCS #11 APIs, Trusted Execution Environments, Quantum Safe
• Algorithms, Confidential Computing is a MUST
• Knowledge of Confidential Computing, Secure Containers is useful
• Good to have Skills
• Networking basics
• Storage basics (including basic understanding of disks, volumes, SAN, Fabric, Storage subsystems)
• Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) – basic understanding of how code is built and deployed in a continuousmanner
• Strong English communication skills both written and Verbal

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• General understanding of private /public / hybrid cloud concepts
• General understanding of HW servers and server components
• General understanding of open source projects; experience with open source
• community contribution can be an added advantage
• Security basics (could include basic understanding of identity
• mgmt/authentication, authorization, firewall, auditing, secure communication,
• managing certificates, password management etc)
• Logging/Monitoring (basic understanding and application)