Delivery Consultant - Mainframe - Middleware -zDB2 - zCICS

Introduction
At IBM work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
The mainframe technology is one of the most reliable in the World. Now in the Cloud era IBM offers modernization of the applications for the hybrid clouds leveraging a marriage stability of mainframe with accessibility of the cloud.

Have you ever thought about assisting IT development teams to fight disruption and innovate faster using agile practices to deliver hybrid applications via an automated pipeline?

As a #IBM DB2 on z/OS Delivery Consultant you will learn and experience how we apply technical expertise to ensure world-class delivery using consultative skills such as problem-solving / hypothesis-based methodologies communication and service orientation skills. As a member of IBM Technology Expert Labs Global Delivery Center #GDC you will be client focused courageous pragmatic and technical to optimize and trailblaze new solutions that address real business challenges.

To help achieve this win-win outcome a ‘day-in-the-life’ in this role may include but not be limited to…

• Working under general supervision you will be understanding clients’ main challenges and developing solutions that help them transform mission-critical IBM DB2 on z/OS for hybrid cloud environments with stability security and agility.
• Participating in planning installing configuring maintaining verifying and administering IBM DB2 on z/OS
• Be a hands-on person and deliver and Involve in product installation/ configurations troubleshooting (performance 3rd party integrations security)
• Based on customer requirements deliver the deployment
• DB2 on z/OS Administration: DB2 objects backups and recoveries load and unload data operation on tables and tables space
• Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance of DB2. Diagnose and resolve performance related issues.
• Maintenance and Upgrades: Perform routine system maintenance tasks including DBA role and Hiper/PE review. Plan and execute upgrades to newer versions of DB2/DB2 data sharing for z/OS.
• User Support: Provide technical support to end-users and address their inquiries or issues related to DB2 on z/OS
• Conduct user training sessions as needed.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Implement monitoring tools to track DB2 / System health and performance using DB2 PE OMEGAMON for DB. Generate reports on DB2 usage performance metrics and other relevant KPIs.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills as you work across the client partner and IBM team.
• Participating in technical solution workshops

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.

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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5-10 Years of industry experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science Information Technology or a related field.
• Proven experience in DB2 database administration on z/OS. DB2 Data Sharing DB2 Admin tool.
• Applied experience with DB2 Utilities Reorg Copy Runstats Load Unload Recovery ReBuild.
• Basic understanding of CICS MQ RACF SMS and DB2 connect on open platform.
• Senior knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience in DB2 Performance Optimization and Upgrades
• Able to communicate effectively with mainframe application programmers.
• Understanding of document management and workflow processes.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Should be familiar with development life cycle processes tools concepts and methodologies.
• Ability to work independently and lead the team of junior developers as per the situation
• Ability to guide team members on technical & non-technical issues during execution
• Experience in DB2 data sharing group is a big plus
• Knowledge in Parallel Sysplex CICSplex is a plus
• COBOL REXX language is a plus.
• Experience in OMEGAMON for DB2
• Good vision on solving customer issues set proper expectations and clear/concise.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills