Database Solutions Engineer
2 days ago• Sofia, Bulgaria
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Your role and responsibilities
The role is responsible for designing, implementing and managing Linux-based data serving solutions. This position is typically involved in new and innovative solutions to enable our customers to meet performance, cost, security and sustainability and hybrid cloud goals.
Primary duties:
- Set up and configure internal and external database instances (Oracle, DB2 UDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB)
- Create database solution assets and provide technical enablement to customers through webinars, briefings, and proof of technology hands on labs/classes
- Work on Proof of Technologies (POTs) to compare LinuxONE to customers' existing or future technologies and troubleshoot performance/technical problems
- Enable and help customers adopt IBM LinuxONE data serving solutions (e.g. compression, quantum safe encryption, security, and AI)
- Set up and administer container-based data serving solutions and Linux infrastructure in a Hybrid cloud environment
- Design, create, and maintain automation scripts, workflows, and infrastructure on Linux systems for customer-facing products
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Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Experience in setup and configuration of database instances (e.g. Oracle, DB2 UDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB)
- Experience in database performance, high availability, backup and recovery, monitoring and security concept
- Experience in Linux operating systems (Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE) and infrastructure projects
- Excellent problem solver and debugging skills
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Linux shell's, Python and Bash for infrastructure automation and applications.
- Proven effective communication and presentation skills, teamwork
- Highly self-motivated and resourceful, Aptitude to learn and apply knowledge quickly
- Fluent in English
- Readiness to work in US Eastern time zones upon need
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Ability to design and conduct Proof of Concepts (POCs), Proof of Technologies (POTs)
- Ability to present technical presentations to technical leaders and executives
- Experience in integration with 3rd party platforms/solution through REST APIs
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Practical experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform), monitoring tools (Instana, Grafana, Prometheus) and virtualization technologies (e.g. z/VM, KVM, OpenStack)
- Working knowledge of IBM Z and LinuxONE
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For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
Client-provided location(s): Sofia, Bulgaria
Job ID: IBM-52868
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-08-15T18:53:44
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