As an engineer within the IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) group, you will play a critical role in deploying, maintaining and improving the reliability and performance of our cloud storage solutions. You will leverage your systems administration, DevOps, and networking expertise to ensure our systems are robust, scalable, and efficient. The successful candidate will work directly with his team and various teams within IBM Cloud to ensure the stability and availability of the Cloud Object Storage offering. IBM is seeking creative and responsible talent who can work well with others and are able to build a service that is enterprise-class. If you want the opportunity to grow your technical and professional skills while helping customers succeed, IBM is the place for you. If you are exciting for the opportunity to dig into challenging operational issues and to help customers build the next generation of web applications, the IBM Cloud is a great fit.
Key Responsibilities:The DevOps Engineer should continuously consider the best way to deploy and maintain our storage offerings. You will be actively looking for ways to drive success and communicate to leadership how to get there:
System Administration: Manage and maintain Linux-based servers, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability.
DevOps Practices: Implement CI/CD pipelines, automate deployment processes, and manage infrastructure as code using tools like Jenkins, GitHub and Ansible.
Monitoring and Incident Management: Implementation of monitoring tools to proactively identify and resolve issues. Participate in incident response.
Networking Expertise: Troubleshoot and optimize network configurations, ensuring low-latency and high-availability connections across distributed systems.
Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with development teams to ensure smooth deployments and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
Documentation: Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for systems, processes, and incident resolutions using Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, and/or Monday.
Audits - be prepared to support audits by providing evidence or being interviewed as required