IBM
Overview
Delivery Consultant - z Solutions, GDPS at IBM
Joining the IBM Technology Expert Labs teams means you'll have a career delivering world-class services for our clients. As the ultimate expert in IBM products, you'll bring together all the necessary technology and services to help customers solve their most challenging problems. Working in IBM Technology Expert Labs means accelerating the time to value confidently and ensuring speed and insight while our clients focus on what they do best—running and growing their business. Excellent onboarding and industry-leading learning culture will set you up for a positive impact, while advancing your career. Our culture is collaborative and experiential. As part of a team, you will be surrounded by bright minds and keen co-creators—always willing to help and be helped—as you apply passion to work that will positively impact the world around us.
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
Responsibilities As a Delivery Consultant, you will work closely with IBM clients and partners to design, deliver, and optimize IBM Technology solutions that align with your clients' goals. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise to ensure world-class delivery while leveraging your consultative skills such as problem-solving issue- / hypothesis-based methodologies, communication, and service orientation skills. As a member of IBM Technology Expert Labs, a team that is client focused, courageous, pragmatic, and technical, you\'ll collaborate with clients to optimize and trailblaze new solutions that address real business challenges. If you are passionate about success with both your career and solving clients' business challenges, this role is for you. To help achieve this win-win outcome, a 'day-in-the-life' of this opportunity may include, but not be limited to…
Setting up, configuring and cloning z/OS
LPARs
Configuring and customizing GDPS functional capabilities.
Designing and customizing NetView automation, REXX and JCL to support IBM GDPS environment. Assisting with customer IBM GDPS deployment testing Providing technical guidance and skills transfer to customer personnel for IBM GDPS related topics. Producing planning and implementation reports and documentation.
Installation, configuration, testing
Storage, Storage Replication and IBM DS8 Storage experience.
This role requires a strong knowledge of the IBM Systems Z hardware and software ecosystem, focusing on IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS). Strong z/OS, Parallel Sysplex, Networking and Automation skills are needed.
You will work with customers and IBM Sales and Business Partners to position, scope, and delivery of IBM GDPS which is a collection of system recovery offerings on the IBM Z platform, each of which uses services, clustering technologies, and server and storage replication and automation. Candidates must possess a strong background in executive consulting or technical sales and knowledge of IBM’s GDPS portfolio.
z/OS High Availability technology and capabilities including Parallel Sysplex
(eg: GRS, Coupling Facilities and Sysplex Failure Management)
z/VM system programming & Linux on z Systems administration
Copy Services technology including
Metro Mirror, Global Mirror and z/OS Global Mirror (plus FlashCopy Software replication (IBM InfoSphere Replication Server for DB2, IMS and/or VSAM on z/OS (GDPS/Active-Active only) Successfully delivering IBM Z projects and/or architecting and planning infrastructures for customer’s data centers
3+ years’ experience in:
Customer facing communications, requirements analysis, documentation, and report presentations.
Project management and the ability to collaborate across teams globally Networking skills especially TCP/IP knowledge
Tivoli System Automation and NetView
Storage management experience using DFSMS
Ability to lead customer technical workshops up to 20+ people Candidate should be self-organized, eager to learn with strong sense of analysis & troubleshooting skills Strong written and verbal communication skills
Readiness up to travel 20% travel annually
English: Fluent
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience:
Knowledge or experience with GDPS, PPRC and DR solution design and procedures
Practical SMP/E knowledge
Assembler, JCL, REXX and CLIST knowledge
IBM System Automation and Red Hat
Ansible knowledge
Basic RACF knowledge
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Project Management and Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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Joining the IBM Technology Expert Labs teams means you'll have a career delivering world-class services for our clients. As the ultimate expert in IBM products, you'll bring together all the necessary technology and services to help customers solve their most challenging problems. Working in IBM Technology Expert Labs means accelerating the time to value confidently and ensuring speed and insight while our clients focus on what they do best—running and growing their business. Excellent onboarding and industry-leading learning culture will set you up for a positive impact, while advancing your career. Our culture is collaborative and experiential. As part of a team, you will be surrounded by bright minds and keen co-creators—always willing to help and be helped—as you apply passion to work that will positively impact the world around us.
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
Responsibilities As a Delivery Consultant, you will work closely with IBM clients and partners to design, deliver, and optimize IBM Technology solutions that align with your clients' goals. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise to ensure world-class delivery while leveraging your consultative skills such as problem-solving issue- / hypothesis-based methodologies, communication, and service orientation skills. As a member of IBM Technology Expert Labs, a team that is client focused, courageous, pragmatic, and technical, you\'ll collaborate with clients to optimize and trailblaze new solutions that address real business challenges. If you are passionate about success with both your career and solving clients' business challenges, this role is for you. To help achieve this win-win outcome, a 'day-in-the-life' of this opportunity may include, but not be limited to…
Setting up, configuring and cloning z/OS
LPARs
Configuring and customizing GDPS functional capabilities.
Designing and customizing NetView automation, REXX and JCL to support IBM GDPS environment. Assisting with customer IBM GDPS deployment testing Providing technical guidance and skills transfer to customer personnel for IBM GDPS related topics. Producing planning and implementation reports and documentation.
Installation, configuration, testing
Storage, Storage Replication and IBM DS8 Storage experience.
This role requires a strong knowledge of the IBM Systems Z hardware and software ecosystem, focusing on IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS). Strong z/OS, Parallel Sysplex, Networking and Automation skills are needed.
You will work with customers and IBM Sales and Business Partners to position, scope, and delivery of IBM GDPS which is a collection of system recovery offerings on the IBM Z platform, each of which uses services, clustering technologies, and server and storage replication and automation. Candidates must possess a strong background in executive consulting or technical sales and knowledge of IBM’s GDPS portfolio.
z/OS High Availability technology and capabilities including Parallel Sysplex
(eg: GRS, Coupling Facilities and Sysplex Failure Management)
z/VM system programming & Linux on z Systems administration
Copy Services technology including
Metro Mirror, Global Mirror and z/OS Global Mirror (plus FlashCopy Software replication (IBM InfoSphere Replication Server for DB2, IMS and/or VSAM on z/OS (GDPS/Active-Active only) Successfully delivering IBM Z projects and/or architecting and planning infrastructures for customer’s data centers
3+ years’ experience in:
Customer facing communications, requirements analysis, documentation, and report presentations.
Project management and the ability to collaborate across teams globally Networking skills especially TCP/IP knowledge
Tivoli System Automation and NetView
Storage management experience using DFSMS
Ability to lead customer technical workshops up to 20+ people Candidate should be self-organized, eager to learn with strong sense of analysis & troubleshooting skills Strong written and verbal communication skills
Readiness up to travel 20% travel annually
English: Fluent
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience:
Knowledge or experience with GDPS, PPRC and DR solution design and procedures
Practical SMP/E knowledge
Assembler, JCL, REXX and CLIST knowledge
IBM System Automation and Red Hat
Ansible knowledge
Basic RACF knowledge
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Project Management and Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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