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Introduction

At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Software Performance Analyst: Storage, you will work throughout a product life cycle to ensure performance goals are met. You will collaborate with product planners, owners, and development teams to design and implement enhancements that improve software performance. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Establish Performance Goals: Work with product planners and owners to establish measurable performance goals that meet market requirements, ensuring software performance meets client needs. • Design and Implement Workloads: Design and implement workloads reflecting actual client usage patterns, requesting measurements and performing analysis to verify performance goals are met. • Collaborate on Enhancements: Work closely with development teams on design and implementation enhancements, making tuning recommendations to improve software performance. • Develop Capacity Planning Guidance: Develop and provide capacity planning and investigation guidance and tools to Sales and Support teams, enabling effective solution delivery. • Analyze and Optimize Performance: Perform analysis and make recommendations to optimize software performance, ensuring solutions meet client needs and expectations.

• Develop and execute comprehensive performance testing plans for Ceph storage systems
• Analyze metrics, identify improvement areas, and collaborate with teams for enhancements
• Conduct scalability and interoperation testing to ensure system robustness with different associated products
• Design, implement, and maintain automated Ceph storage test scripts
• Troubleshoot and resolve system failures promptly
• Establish and maintain Ceph storage benchmarking standards
• Conduct regular performance at scale tests, assess capabilities, and identify potential bottlenecks
• Collaborate with teams to optimize system performance based on benchmarks
• Generate detailed performance reports and maintain documentation
• Communicate performance and interoperability test progress, results, and risks to relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate across teams to enhance overall system performance.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Exposure to Performance Analysis: Familiarity with methods and tools for analyzing software performance, including workload design and measurement techniques. • Understanding of Product Life Cycle: Knowledge of the various stages involved in a product life cycle, including planning, development, and deployment. • Experience with Workload Design: Exposure to designing and implementing workloads that reflect real-world client usage patterns. • Familiarity with Capacity Planning: Basic understanding of capacity planning principles and techniques for delivering effective solutions. • Exposure to Collaboration Tools: Familiarity with collaboration tools and techniques for working with cross-functional teams, including development, sales, and support.

• 1-2 years of experience in performance testing and automation
• Basic knowledge of performance testing tools and reporting tools
• Strong scripting (Python, Bash, etc.) and programming skills (C/C++)
• Early experience with benchmarking tools and methodologies
• Basic knowledge of Ceph storage architecture, components, and deployment
• Hands-on experience with configuring and tuning Ceph clusters.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Familiarity with Performance Optimization Tools: Exposure to tools and techniques for optimizing software performance, including profiling and benchmarking. • Knowledge of Storage Technologies: Understanding of storage technologies and their impact on software performance, including storage area networks and disk arrays. Experience with Data Analysis: Exposure to data analysis techniques and tools, including data visualization and statistical analysis, to identify performance trends and opportunities for improvement.

• Knowledge of open source development, and working experience in open source projects
  
• Certifications related to Ceph storage and performance testing are a plus
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their storage services
  
• Experience with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
  
• Knowledge of monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) and logging frameworks
  
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
  
• Knowledge of AI/ML, exposure to Gen AI.
  

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.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Ceph Performance Engineer

Date posted

05-May-2026

Job ID

107725

City / Township / Village

TUCSON

State / Province

Arizona

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Onsite

Area of work

Software Engineering

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

88,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

152,000.00

Position type

Entry Level

Travel required

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No



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