Introduction

At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.

Your Role And Responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities:

As a python cloud development engineer you will

• Design, development and test Power Private Cloud software. Able to understand the architecture and turn the requirements into high level and low level designs
• Active open source contributions and participation and open source tools knowledge is preferred
• Software development in Cloud Domain, OpenStack,Virtualization, Linux OS Internals, Networking / Storage/ Security / Infrastructure as a Service is preferred
• Understanding of any cloud based virtualization software [GCP, Azure] and Openstack concepts.
• Work with OpenSource community and contribute towards open source development / Testing.
• Good understanding and hands on with full stack cloud development is preferred

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Requirements

Required technical and professional expertise

3+ years of experience in the IT industry

3+ years of experience working as a developer well versed with feature enablement on private/public cloud platforms or in an equivalent role supporting partners and enterprises

3+ years of experience with solutions development or implementation in Unix or Linux environments using python programming language.

2+ years of experience working with Ansible [ Nice to have ].

Proficient in Python programming and scripting experience and Openstack concepts.

Experience working in Open Source communities is a big plus.

Proven experience architecting, designing, and developing complex customer solutions in a rapidly evolving technology domain

Expertise in containerization Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA) Exposure to monitoring tools. Exposure to dev-ops tools: Jenkins, Git, config-management(Ansible), packaging.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Hands on experience on Openstack based cloud provider, knowledge and understanding of virtualization technologies, advanced python programming, CI/CD tools, Ansible scripting.

Ability to perform customer-facing activities in a fast-paced environment with short timeframes

Experience with concepts of Openstack cloud computing platform.

Ability to uncover business challenges and develop custom solutions to solve these challenges

Working knowledge of object-oriented design and design patterns applicable to modern software development

Applied knowledge of working with agile, scrum, and DevOps teams

Clear understanding of cloud service and deployment models

Comfortable working with highly distributed teams, including interaction with open source communities

Ability to study on your own, learn quickly, and put new knowledge into practice

Any commercial experience with technologies like Openstack, virtualization and public cloud services, e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Ability to quickly learn new technologies, frameworks, and techniques; ability to facilitate technical conversations within your team and with external stakeholders

Keen interest contributing to and building communities in open source

Ability to work both on your own and as part of an agile team.