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Your role and responsibilities

As an IBM Z Ecosystem Performance Specialist, you are passionate about staying current on the latest technology developments and trends. You will play an instrumental role in helping shape and optimize a new IBM Z Performance Benchmark Center for client engagements based in Sofia.

In this role, you will analyze, recommend, design, and implement test components for the client benchmarking engagements. 

 In addition, your responsibilities include the following:

  • Co-design the software components of the performance tests in collaboration with the Technical Project Leader and WW leaders 
  • Implement design and automate test components
  • Execute benchmark test cases
  • Analyze and document test results
  • Technically lead and advice the rest of the team in Sofia
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

Technical skills and product experience:

  • Experience with testing products such as jmeter or k6
  • Good level of z/OS and Linux understanding
  • Performance tests and tuning of Db2 and other traditional z/OS products 
  • Or Db2 LUW, WAS, and other IBM middleware products on Linux on Z 

 

General skills:

  • Technical leadership skills 
  • Quick learner who continuously acquires new expertise
  • Fluent English proficiency
  • Good communication skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • The ability to work productively across the infrastructure (operations), development, and product teams
  • Agile development methodology and tools
  • Applied knowledge of performance engineering principles
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Familiar with both z/OS and Linux on Z 
  • Experience with z/VM and KVM hypervisors on Z 
  • Experience with testing performance of containerized workloads on Red Hat OpenShift 
  • Experience in leading technical sessions as facilitator/educator


In Return:

  • Company-paid training and certifications
  • Access to fully functional lab facility for education purposes and problem recreation
  • Work in a team with leading specialists
  • Company support for home office equipment
  • Competitive remuneration package
  • Diverse job role structure giving opportunities for growth within the team.
  • Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from home on a regular basis.
  • A workplace in an open, friendly hi-tech environment
  • Recognition awards
  • Additional health coverage
  • Special offers and discounts/ corporate badge program
  • Did we mention free coffee, snacks?
  • Eco friendly travellers are welcome to the office – parking places for bikers and monthly allowance for transportation are available to all employees
  • Referral bonus program

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