Storage Performance Engineer

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than just a job—its a calling:

To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think with clients. To sell. To invent. To collaborate.

We’re not just improving what exists—we’re pushing boundaries to create what’s never been imagined. If youre driven by purpose and ready to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges, let’s talk.

Your Role And Responsibilities

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join the IBM FlashSystem Storage team as a Performance Test Engineer.

In this role, you will be responsible for performance testing and benchmarking across a wide range of IBM FlashSystem product family and features—including host attach protocols, data replication, operating systems and software plugins. You’ll collaborate with multiple development teams to coordinate and ensure high-quality and reliable performance benchmarks/results are delivered within committed timelines.

If youre passionate about performance engineering and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Preferred Education

Bachelors Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• 4 - 8 years of experience.
• Proven Storage domain knowledge with hands-on experience on block storage software stack implementation and features like High availability, replication and storage multi-pathing solutions.
• Experience in block storage performance testing.
• Experience on storage performance benchmarking tools like vdbench, IO Meter etc
• Ability to crisply communicate with stake holders (written/verbal).
• Experience working with Global teams.
• Required Skills –
• Programming & Debugging – C/C++, java (good to have)
• Automation/Scripting – Perl, Python, Shell
• Protocols - NVMe, iSCSI, FC
• Testing/Debugging tools - Wireshark, SanBlaze packet analyzer, Tcpdump, Packet tracing/Analysis
• OS : Linux, Windows
• Virtualization / Hypervisor
• VMWare ESX (VASA, vVols),
• MS Windows Hyper V
• Networking - Ethernet (TCP/IP) / Fibre Channel