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Linux on IBM Z & LinuxONE Systems Performance Analyst (m/f/x)

IBM

IBM

IT
Ehningen, Germany
Posted on Feb 24, 2026
Introduction

Design benchmark and workload scenarios for Linux on Z and keep them current.

Implement benchmark and workload scenarios including setting up the underlying Linux operating system and IBM Z hardware configuration. Develop and enhance tools used for data collection and data analysis.

Automate and conduct performance measurements and data collection for benchmark and workload scenarios.

Analyze the collected performance data to identify performance issues and bottlenecks.

In a global team, work together on improving the systems performance across the stack (IBM Z Hardware, Linux Operating System, Middleware/Applications)

Your role and responsibilities

The Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Performance team is looking for a Graduate to join and strengthen the team. We are responsible for designing, implementing, conducting, and analyzing stress workloads/benchmarks on IBM Z and LinuxONE to ensure customer expectations are met from a performance perspective.

As a Systems Performance analyst you are responsible for designing benchmark scenarios, implementing and tuning the workloads, conducting the workload measurements along with analyzing the performance data to guide Hardware, Operating System, and Software development teams on performance improvements.

You will learn about the different aspects of workloads and how to choose the right benchmark for individual scenarios. By investigating identified bottlenecks in the environment, you will understand the Linux operating system tuning capabilities, and adjust and fine tune the system to the required level of performance. By selecting different I/O connectivity and technology, you will learn how to right size the environment to get the optimal price vs performance balance. By analyzing IBM Z low level traces, which are captured during the measurements, you will gain deep insights into the IBM Z architecture.

This role is collaborative within a global team of IBM.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or computer engineering - Experience to work in virtualized environments like KVM, z/VM or Container based
  • Functional or performance testing experience of multi-tiered applications
  • Experience with programming languages like Bash and Python - Good understanding of Operating System and Computer Architecture concepts
  • Basic experience with performance analysis of applications / systems and performance tools
  • Good Communication and presentation skills
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Master's degree in information technology, computer science, computer engineering
  • Knowledge of IBM Z Systems physical architecture
  • Experience with further programming languages like C/C++, Golang, Java, Rust
  • Linux on IBM Z functional or performance testing knowledge
  • Linux system administration skills for HW resources and software products including CPU, memory, storage, network, cryptography, z/VM, KVM, podman Container, databases, application server, web applications, etc.

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