Systems Administrator

System Engineers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design, code, test, and
provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today - planes and trains take off on
time, bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye and the world remains safe because of the
work our software developers do. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client,
software development is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM, you
will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading
minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of Your Role and Responsibilities Who You Are....
You bring a curiosity and passion for identifying, innovating and developing new technologies.
You possess a solid technical foundation paired with a willingness to wear several hats. Your
core focus is to deliver high-quality, integrated solutions to the business through sustainable
commitment to bring constant improvement and team collaboration.
Who You'll Work With...
You will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and independent team of engineers and
other functions such as Architecture, QA, Product Management and Delivery to design, develop and manage advanced capabilities. We come to work thrilled knowing it will never be the same day
twice. This variety enables us to be innovative convergent thinkers who juggle competing
requirements with agility. In this role, you'll employ your engineering expertise and DevOps best
practices to...

Manage the critical IaaS infrastructure, a fleet of systems that run customer workloads

Manage and allocate tools, accelerators, frameworks, templates and other asset related to
engineering productivity and quality that enable service delivery.

Foster an environment that enables teams to do things correctly, quickly, consistently and with less effort and learning. We come to work thrilled knowing it will never be the same day twice.
Your Role and Responsibilities:

Administer and maintain business critical infrastructure and foundational tools- OS, Virtual Machines, load balancers, DNS, Chef, Splunk and such like that run the IBM Cloud

Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities and issues, on time

Support development teams from within and outside the organization in making use of core infrastructure.

Continually improve systems and processes with regards to automation and monitoring.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

5+ years of strong, deep knowledge of Unix based computer operating system + system administration skill

5+ years of hands-on experience with installing, decommissioning servers, operating virtualized environment, backup and recovery

5+ years of hands-on experience, very solid understanding of IP networking concepts.

Intermediate to advance scripting abilities- Ansible, Chef and Python skills preferred

Excellent oral and written communication

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

3+ years of experience with load balancers like Citrix Netscalar, nginx etc

Advanced understanding of IP networking, packet framing, and dynamic routing protocols.

Vendor certifications:Red Hat, CompTIA