At IBM’s Linux Technology Centre, our core value is to help make Linux better. We drive innovative ideas and forward thinking discussions in the Linux community and work towards becoming trusted, valuable members. In turn, we help IBM Power hardware, related software and services brands that are consumed by Enterprise clients to run their mission critical workloads on Linux.
This opportunity gets you involved in all phases of software development and work with a vibrant and technically accomplished team focusing on open source development.
As a Linux Kernel Developer you will be responsible for the development and optimization of various components in the core kernel and related areas such as Memory management, CPU scheduler, RAS, I/O and KVM.
You will apply your expertise in development of Enterprise Linux features to ensure out of box performance is obtained for key workloads on Power systems. In the process, you will also interact and actively participate in the Linux kernel community discussions for feature design and development.
Responsibilities include :
· Design and develop state of the art features for Enterprise Linux.
· Work closely with Opensource community to upstream the features developed.
· Work towards the goal to ensure Power systems objectives are optimally achieved.
Interact with teams above and below the stack to ensure goals are met holistically.
· 6 to 15 years of experience in working on projects related to Linux internals/Operating systems.
· Working knowledge of computer systems architecture.
· Strong operating systems skills.
· Strong C programming skills, C++, Python and scripting.
· Experience with working with open source software.
· Proven problem solving and communication skills.