Backend Developer – Z

Introduction
IBM Z is the world’s most powerful business platform. 68% of enterprise production workloads 80% of structured enterprise data and 55% of all enterprise transactions including more than 50% of the transactions generated from mobile enterprise applications run on IBM Z. Before this backdrop our team is embarking on an exciting journey to usher in the era of Confidential computing for AI in zSystems Software.

Your Role and Responsibilities
The IBM Z Confidential Computing team is seeking an experienced Backend Developer for full-stack software development enabling secure Z end-to-end solutions. While Z Confidential Computing encompasses both distributed and mainframe environments your responsibilities will lie in the enablement of mainframe security. Areas include Cloud and On-Prem security enablement. As a Backend developer you will be part of a highly focused self-managed team that designs develops and tests secure solutions created for Z Systems workloads and applications.
You will take technical ownership of new features and capabilities for our solution and provide design and implementation leadership for these features. In this capacity you will work closely with the architecture and Development teams in the agile implementation of high-quality deliverables. You will drive the integration of the features assigned to you into our automated Continuous Deployment pipeline and you will be responsible for demonstrating business value.

Who You Are You

• Enjoy the challenge of finding and resolving complex technical issues.
• Are curious by nature: creative by default: passionate about the promise of technology.
• Value teamwork while leading by example.
• Remember to always bring empathy to the client team design or task.
• Have an interest in and understanding of modern software architectural patterns.
• Have an interest in understanding of or experience with Design Thinking.
• Bring strong verbal and written communication skills as well as technical skills.
• Have an interest in understanding of or experience with Agile Development.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5+ years of professional experience working as a software developer.
• Experience in all phases of software development including architecture design coding unit testing and functional testing
• Experience in Agile software development methodologies
• Experience in DevOps
• Experience working in Linux environments
• Experience in software development and/or deployment
• Have written and used playbooks and runbooks
• Demonstrated experience in programming languages: Ansible Python
• Have used RESTful APIs
• Strong communication & leadership skills
• Understands user and system requirements
• Incorporate automation and efficiency in code for ease of maintenance and swift deployment.
• Work in a matrixed cross functional environment.
• Leverage latest Tools and reporting in Jira Aha! And GitHub to drive visibility to leadership team and dependent stakeholders.
• Work during the Central European Time (CET) office hours.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge of container-based solutions like Kubernetes & Docker
• Experience with Z Infrastructure
• Experience with Cloud technology including Network Storage and Compute with cross functional Teams