Senior Software Developer

IBM; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM in Austin, Texas is seeking a Senior Developer for Terraform in CPE to design and build automation that scales cloud operations. You will create end-to-end platform solutions, focusing on AWS EKS orchestration, Vault for secrets, and IaC workflows to improve efficiency, security, and reliability.

You will mentor engineers, participate in on-call rotations, and drive on-call improvements while migrating legacy Nomad workloads to AWS EKS with minimal customer impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years designing, building, and operating automated cloud infrastructure.
• Expertise deploying Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS.
• Terraform IaC experience for multi-region architectures.
• Go or Python development for end-to-end tools.
• Experience with monitoring and disaster recovery and uptime SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Design automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code for container orchestration and security.
• Create automated cellular infrastructure models for enterprise workloads.
• Refine automation strategies with self-healing alerts and recovery.
• Migrate legacy Nomad workloads to AWS EKS without customer impact.
• Lead on-call rotation, write RFCs, mentor engineers, perform code reviews.

Skills

SRE & Automation

Kubernetes AWS EKS

Terraform

Go Python

Tools

Vault

Nomad

AWS EKS

Job description

Introduction

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'l have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Senior Developer for Terraform in CPE, you will design and build systems and tools that automate repetitive cloud operations and scaling processes to increase platform efficiency, security, and reliability. You will develop innovative platform solutions—including cells-parallelization and AWS EKS container orchestration—to drive business outcomes and deliver exceptional, highly resilient end-to-end product experiences for our global customers.

Your primary responsibilities will include:Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design Automation Solutions: Develop scripts, programs, and finfrastructure-as-code frameworks for automating container orchestration (AWS EKS), secrets management (Vault), and platform deployments, focusing on increasing efficiency, reliability, and security.
• Build Automated Systems: Create automated cellular infrastructure partitioning models based on business scaling requirements, ensuring seamless, isolated workspace execution for enterprise customers.
• Improve Automation Strategies (Automation 2.0): Continuously assess and refine platform automation strategies—implementing self-healing alert loops and automated recovery to reduce manual on-call toil by 30% and optimize technical solutions.
• Deliver End-to-End Experiences: Care equally about business outcomes and technical solutions, focusing on migrating legacy Nomad workloads onto AWS EKS clusters without any customer interruption.
• Drive Business Outcomes: Lead the weekly CPE SRE on-call rotation, author RFCs, mentor 1-2 engineers, and conduct quality code reviews to improve platform availability (SLA ≥ 99.95%) and overall product quality.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Deep Expertise in SRE & Automation Development: 6+ years of proven experience in designing, building, and operating systems and tools that automate repetitive cloud infrastructure tasks and processes.
• Experience with Container Orchestration: Deep expertise in developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available Kubernetes clusters on Amazon Web Services (AWS EKS).
• Strategic Automation Planning (Infrastructure as Code): Advanced experience in creating and refining automated infrastructure solutions utilizing HashiCorp Terraform, with the ability to optimize multi-region architectures.
• Technical Solution Implementation (Programming): Skilled in developing custom programs and frameworks in Go (golang) or Python to deliver end-to-end self-healing and operational tools.
• Business Outcome Optimization: Deep understanding of how SRE practices drive business results, with experience in monitoring, disaster recovery (DR) chaos testing, and maintaining strict uptime SLAs ( 99.95%).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Advanced Scripting Knowledge: Experience with scripting languages and technologies relevant to automation, including the ability to develop complex scripts and programs for automating software development, testing, and deployment.
• Technical Solution Vision: Deep understanding of how automation solutions drive business results, with the ability to envision and implement technical solutions that improve efficiency, accuracy, and overall product quality.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience working with multiple stakeholders to create automated solutions based on business requirements, with the ability to continuously assess and refine automation strategies to optimize business outcomes and technical solutions.

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, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.