Software Engineer

Introduction

IBM Red Hat's IT Developer Enablement Applications team is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to help us create, modify, and modernize applications for our internal customers. You'll be given unlimited opportunities to make an impact in a global company built on open-source values and principles.

Your role and responsibilities

• Execute full software development life (SDLC) cycle within an agile environment
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and highly available infrastructure systems to support business applications and services.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes using scripting and configuration management tools (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible).
• Manage cloud-based infrastructure (OpenShift) and optimize resources for reliability, performance, and security.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure uptime and reliability through proactive alerting, metrics, and incident response.
• Collaborate with developers to improve application resilience, deploy code efficiently, and integrate CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for incidents, document findings, and implement preventive measures to minimize downtime.
• Continuously improve system architecture, deployment processes, and tooling to enhance operational efficiency and scalability.
• Ensure security best practices are applied across infrastructure, including access controls, network configurations, and compliance requirements.
• Effectively communicate to stakeholders and project team members to ensure proper visibility into development efforts.
• Ability to respond to the customer's tickets and inquiries.
• Required education
• High School Diploma/GED
• Preferred education
• Bachelor's Degree
• Required technical and professional expertise
• 5+ years of experience with Linux Systems Engineering (RHEL, CentOS, etc)
• 5+ years of experience delivering enterprise software applications
• 2+ years of experience with Git (experience with GitLab a plus)
• Strong knowledge of Linux and networking internals
• Strong programming proficiency in Python and experience with the full SDLC
• Experience with containers and container orchestration tools (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc)
• Good knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tooling (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc)
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, etc)
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging suites (e.g., Sumo Logic, Prometheus, or ELK).
• Familiarity with SRE fundamentals and principles
• Familiarity with bare metal environments and APIs such as RedFish
• Data driven and observability first mindset (logs, metrics, traces)

Preferred technical and professional experience n/a

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM's financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.

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 every day, 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 ongoing 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 every day is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with the 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 500 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.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills and experience. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part-time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Locations: Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland

Skills

Linux Systems Engineering,Cloud Infrastructure Management,Scripting Automation Tools,CI/CD Pipeline Integration,Incident Response Management