Job Description

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, let’s talk
Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM MaaS360 is a market leader in the Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) domain. This 100% SaaS product is delivered from 10 globally distributed data centers that service 16K+ tenants and support 5M+ devices.
We’re looking for a motivated engineer with a strong understanding of the database technologies to help grow, maintain and administer our database infrastructure. You will be responsible for architecting, defining best practices, scale and optimizing of NoSQL, data streaming and RDMBS technologies

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8+ years of hands on experience supporting databases in a 24x7 production environment, with at least 3-5 years’ experience managing RDMBS and/or NoSQL and/or Streaming technologies.
• Architecting, configuring, and maintaining NoSQL and/or data streaming technologies (such as CouchDB, Redis, Kafka, Spark, etc) and/or RDBMS technologies like Oracle, Postgres
• Expert level knowledge of at least one NoSQL or data streaming platform (CouchDB, Redis, Spark, Kafka, etc) or RDBMS platform like Oracle
• Strong background in data architecture and modelling
• Scaling and optimizing NoSQL and/or streaming clusters and/or RDBMS clusters for both throughput and reliability.
• Documenting and defining best practices for data architecture and reliability
• Detailed knowledge of high availability and scaling strategies for NoSQL and/or RDBMS databases
• Automating the deployment and updates for all databases
• Being a part of an on call rotation (follow the sun between global sites)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Familiarity with virtualization and cloud infrastructure as it relates to tuning and optimizing databases.
• Hands on experience with at least one configuration management/orchestration framework (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Salt, etc)
• Hands on experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (or similar technologies).
• Familiarity with DevOps/Agile principles (e.g. CAMS, Lean, Kanban, Scrum, etc)

About Business Unit
IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM’s Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments—with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.
Your Life @ IBM
What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?
Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.
Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.
About IBM
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.
Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.