Software Performance Analyst

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 We are seeking an experienced Software Developer who will be focusing on the world of Performance Analysis in a highly-scalable Cloud Infrastructure. You get to design assessments of the cloud’s performance behavior, tell the software developers where their programs are inefficient and develop high-performance prototypes that deliver the performance characteristics that our customers demand. You will be working with a highly motivated team of world-class performance experts. If you are an impassioned developer with a strong technical background who seeks responsibility, thrives when empowered, and wants to be a part of an agile team atmosphere; then look no further. You will be joining some of the most talented, creative, and dedicated developers in IBM and the industry at large. We strive to make IBM Cloud Infrastructure a place where you want to be, where you are proud to work, and where you are motivated to excel.

Your Impact:
Be a part of the world-class team that influences the future expansion of next-generation cloud solutions for speed, scale, and high availability.

Come join an exciting public cloud offering development team. In this role, you will get to work with a dedicated and creative group of people who are some of the most talented in the industry. Day to day you will be working in a dynamic Agile environment and integrating high performance software solutions into the IBM Public Cloud and other cloud solutions.

• Previous experience in software development. You will be familiar with cloud-based solutions and have the ability to drill down the cloud software and hardware stack to isolate performance issues.
• Utilize sound methodology & sophisticated techniques to analyze large volumes of data and improve the performance of internal and external cloud components.
• Operate independently within a high functioning team environment.
• Work with other performance and development engineers, be able to identify issues, and develop prototypes and solutions.
• Review and understand the use cases, specifications, and requirements of each Statement of Work.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Strong skills in programming and scripting languages: Python, Golang, C/C++, Bash/Shell,
• Experience in analyzing and debugging software/hardware performance and scalability issues
• Understand performance measurement & analysis methodology including load generation, profiling, and analysis tools
• Understanding of OS concepts such as virtualization, memory management, I/O, scheduling
• Understanding of computer architecture fundamentals
• Detail working knowledge of at least one: Networking, Storage, Data Plane, Control Plane

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with Kubernetes, micro-services architecture, and Docker containers
• Familiarity with hardware accelerators such as GPUs and FPGAs.
• Experience with Software Defined Networking (VXLAN, QoS, VIPs, etc…)
• Familiarity with statistical data analysis and visualization tools/libraries (pandas, scipy, matplotlib)
• Understanding topics such as garbage collection, data structures, memory management, multi-threaded programming
• Experience or Familiarity with Agile development processes.