Back-end developer

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• As the IBM zSystems back end developer, you will be responsible for
• dentifying existing manual test scenarios and workloads and design programmatic automation to replace them
• Executing a variety of stress and functional tests by working with dev teams towards developing programmatic automation
• Growing knowledge of physical server design and logical constructs behind its operation
• Hardware handling, maintenance, changes and manipulation
• Working with multiple Z mainframe operating systems to execute workloads that are used to verify the latest hardware and firmware deliveries
• Large amount of troubleshooting, investigation and problem resolution
• Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• Development, maintenance and enhancement of web based and command line based test frameworks.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3 – 5 years of experience: Java, J2EE
• Writing test automation using languages such as Selenium, Perl, Python, bash shell scripting etc.
• Solid understanding of the Windows and Linux operating systems and their command line operations, file systems, and operations
• Outstanding communication skills are key to working within Engineering System Test and with development teams around the world
• Strong team player with good communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills
• Ability and drive to dive into unknown hardware architectures and operating systems and grow new technical skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• 2+ years of experience working with Z mainframe systems in some capacity
• Experience with one or more mainframe operating systems.
• Experience with practical applications of the mainframe
• Experience writing and executing test plans with the ability to ensure proper coverage based on customer requirements and workloads, and perform regression testing
• Hardware troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of Agile practices
• Ability to handle testing and debugging tasks independently.