Introduction
At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM's transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You'll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment.
Your Role And Responsibilities
- Closely collaborate with your peers to design, develop, test, maintain, and operate primarily Java applications across large, multi-region deployments
- Participate in CIAM feature development and facilitate diverse integrations with other Red Hat offerings and backend infrastructure
- Support custom plugins for the Keycloak deployment
- Implement and support the deployment of identity and access management solutions that integrate with protocols like OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0
- Analyze and clarify business requirements
- Contribute to application release processes with GitLab pipelines and Red Hat OpenShift
- Contribute to observability instrumentation and monitoring tools
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Proven experience of 5 years coding in Java or other object-oriented languages
- Experience implementing integration design patterns, especially in a microservices and/or event-driven architecture
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work within a distributed team
- Good understanding of core concepts related to programming and application security
- Ability to quickly learn new domains and technologies
- Familiarity with modern token based application security standards like OAuth2 and OpenID Connect
- Familiarity or hands on experience with Keycloak or Red Hat SSO and their core features will be a strong advantage
- Experience using MySQL, PostgreSQL and/or Mongo
- Experience working with distributed source control such as Git, including branching and merging
- Good understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery tools and processes
- Good understanding of DevOps principles and practices
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and/or Linux Containers is a plus
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or other closely related field
- Python experience is a plus
