COMPLETE Banking Modernisation Performance Analyst

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Performance Engineer in IBM Power Systems Performance (PSP) team, you will be studying the characteristics of Modernized banking workloads deployed in Cloud and Kubernetes platforms like Redhat Openshift and analyze the performance of the workloads across the stack including Application layer, Cloud and container orchestration layers (Rehat Openshift), Operating systems (Linux and AIX) and Hardware (Processor, Memory and IO) characteristics. You will identify the bottlenecks within the stack and help improving the design of the stack for improved workload performance. You will be working with stakeholders from different layers of the stack to share the observations, recommendations, and influence in improving the design of Power systems stack.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 10+ years of overall IT experience with technical degree in engineering
• Experience working with Containerized applications and Container Orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, Redhat Openshift
• Experience doing Performance Analysis, Performance Tuning & Performance Optimization of the workloads
• Knowledge & Experience in using Performance Monitoring Tools like Linux perf, vmstat, netstat, iostat, nmon, topas, top etc
• Hands on software development experience with proficiency in any of Java, C, Python programming languages.
• Experienced in benchmarking the workloads and load testing using automation tools and frameworks (JMeter, Load Runner etc.)
• Good understanding of microservices application architectures/patterns.
• Good understanding of System Architecture
• Good understanding of Operating System concepts
• Good communication & presentation skills.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge of Database fundamentals
• Good understanding of messaging (MQ) and event streams (Kafka)
• Knowledge of Processor Micro architecture and ISA
• Domain Knowledge of Banking and Financial Services Industry