Software Engineer

At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.

AIX is the leading open standards-based UNIX operating system from IBM that provides scalable, secure, and robust infrastructure solution for enterprise customers. As a Operating System Kernel Developer, you will be responsible for Design, development & support of new feature functions for AIX Operating System. Work with Product Managers, Senior leaders, and customers to understand the Business needs and implement the same in AIX. Adhere to the AIX development process and ensure successful delivery for the respective component.

5 to 10 years of experience in Storage Device Driver development.
Strong proficiency in C programming Experience in Algorithms, Data Structures/File Structures
Strong skills in Unix/Linux internals - Hands-on in multi-threading, synchronization, interrupt handling, kernel memory management, DMA, IOMMU & Kernel programming etc.
Hands-on and working/implementation experience in Storage Device Drivers - Design and development of UNIX/Linux Operating System Device Drivers for Storage adapters.
Development experience of Storage Protocols such as Fibre Channel, FCoE, NVMeoF/FC, NVMeoF/TCP, SAS, SATA, ATA, SCSI, iSCSI, LLDP, USB, Multipath IO etc
Experience with IO /Storage virtualization stack, NPIV (N-Port ID Virtualization) and channelization/multiple-queues etc Experience with PCIe and protocol analyser and trace analysis. Familiarity with Storage/SAN concepts.