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Your role and responsibilities

IBM’s Ceph engineering organization is looking for motivated software developers to join the core RADOS and Crimson team. In this role, you will collaborate with a globally distributed team of Ceph engineers to design and implement new features in Ceph components like the OSD (Object Storage Daemon), Ceph Monitor, Ceph Manager, Ceph Messenger and BlueStore (backing object store for the OSD) to improve Ceph’s scalability, performance and efficiency. You will have the opportunity to innovate by implementing new capabilities in the next generation Crimson OSD built for performance. You will participate in a vibrant and active open source community to deliver enterprise-quality software.

Design, develop, and test features for Core RADOS/Crimson based on analysis of user feedback and product priorities
Collaborate with the other Engineering teams, Quality Engineering, Product Management, Documentation teams, Product Build teams, and the open source Ceph community
Monitor and help fix issues identified during functional, non-functional, platform, and acceptance testing as well as customer-identified issues
Provide feedback to other Ceph engineers and open source community members on code and designs
Help Quality and Performance Engineering build and execute test plans
Work closely with customers and customer-facing teams to understand requirements and provide solutions

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

C++, Python, Operating Systems
Git, Linux, Container technologies
Experience with large-scale distributed systems projects
Good debugging skills both live system and offline core files
Working concurrently on multiple software projects under tight deadlines
Communicating effectively across a global or, multi-office, development/testing team

Preferred technical and professional experience

Knowledge of C++ Seastar framework
Experience working on open source projects
Experience working with Ceph in any capacity
Knowledge of performance benchmarking tools

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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