Event Streams Site Reliability Engineer

IBM; Mulhuddart; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Dublin seeks a Site Reliability Engineer for its Cloud PaaS Operations Team. The ideal candidate will have over a year of experience in SRE or DevOps, familiarity with Golang or Java, and skills in Kafka, Terraform, and CI/CD practices. This role focuses on operational support and continuous improvement of the IBM cloud infrastructure, making it ideal for tech enthusiasts looking to make significant contributions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or in DevOps.
• Must have experience with Golang or Java.
• Familiarity with Kafka and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Data Centers and the Cloud organization to improve IBM cloud infrastructure.
• Operationally support and improve the cloud services.
• Debug and analyze logs to resolve issues.

Skills

SRE or devops experience

Golang or Java

Kafka

Terraform/Ansible

CI/CD (Jenkins/Github)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

ServiceNow

GitHub

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic Site Reliability Engineer to join our Cloud PaaS Operations Team in Dublin, Ireland who is responsive to market needs, to deliver value to our clients in a fast-changing cloud landscape. The SRE team dedicated to ensuring that the IBM Cloud is at the forefront of cloud technology, from data center design, Storage & Network architecture and compute clusters to flexible infrastructure services. We are building IBM's next generation cloud platform to deliver performance and predictability for our customers' most demanding workloads, at global scale and with leadership efficiency, resiliency and security. It is an exciting time, and as a team we are driven by this incredible opportunity to thrill our clients.

Your role and responsibilities

Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design, code, test, and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of.

Are you passionate about technology? Do you love building new things? Do you want to develop the future of IBM's Cloud offerings? If you answered YES, then we have the right opportunity for you!

The shift toward the consumption of IT as a service, i.e., the cloud, is one of the most important changes to happen to our industry in decades. At IBM, we are driven to shift our technology to an as-a-service model and to help our clients transform themselves to take full advantage of the cloud. With industry leadership in analytics, security, commerce, and cognitive computing and with unmatched hardware and software design and enterprise reach, no other company is as well positioned to address the full opportunity of cloud computing.

Required education

• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

• Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

In this Event Streams Site Reliability Engineer role, you will work closely with several Data Centers, the entire Cloud organization and IBM vendors to support, maintain and operationally improve the IBM cloud infrastructure. You will focus on the following key responsibilities:

• 1+ year of SRE or devops experience
• Golang (preferred language) or Java
• Kafka
• Terraform/Ansible
• CI/CD (Jenkins/Github)

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in hands‑on production administration of large systems and environment
• Experience establishing and improving procedures within a mission critical environment
• Must be comfortable in writing and debugging scripts
• Must be comfortable using and navigating within a Linux environment
• Ability to do debugging and problem analysis by examining logs and running Unix commands
• Experience in Monitoring Technologies, Automation / Configuration and PagerDuty rota/on call
• Working knowledge with ServiceNow and GitHub

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading‑edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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 everyday, 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 on‑going 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 everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can‑do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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.

Job Title

Event Streams Site Reliability Engineer

Job ID

73623

City / Township / Village

State / Province

Dublin

Country

Ireland

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Infrastructure & Technology

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Professional

No Travel

Company

(1679) Software Labs Campus Unlimited Company

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?