IBM GDPS - Delivery Consultant

Introduction
Are you ready to start working with complex IT environments helping clients to implement
IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (IBM GDPS®) advising on how to rapidly adapt and respond to any internal and external disruption demand or threat and continue business operations without significant impact?

If yes then join IBM Global Delivery Center (GDC) Team in Krakow Poland!

Your Role and Responsibilities

As a #GDPS 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.

Once trained you will have demonstrated skills for implementing IBM GDPS® engagements be familiar with sysplex architectural methods assess IT infrastructures evaluate gaps in best practices and create IBM GDPS® solution recommendations for client environments while displaying excellent collaboration and communication with Clients Sellers Business Partners and Colleagues by delivering reports to clients.

You will be trained to develop and deliver IBM GDPS® solution design architecture and implementation of IBM GDPS® solutions which may include:

• 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 and maintenance of IBM Z operating system subsystem and related Z software

• Other technical tasks as necessary to accomplish successful customer outcomes.

This role will require knowledge of the IBM Systems Z hardware and software ecosystem focusing on IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS®). z/OS Parallel Sysplex Networking and Automation skills will be needed.

You will work with customers and IBM Sales and Business Partners to position scope and deliver 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. You should be comfortable with client interaction.

Joining the IBM Technology Expert Labs GDC teams means you’ll have a career delivering world-class services for our clients. As the ultimate expert in IBM GDPS products you’ll bring together all the necessary technology and services to help customers solve their most challenging resiliency problems. Working in IBM Technology Expert Labs GDC 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.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 1 year of experience with IBM Systems Z hardware

• Project management and the ability to collaborate across teams

• Candidate should be self-organized eager to learn with strong sense of analysis & troubleshooting skills

• Strong demonstrated written and verbal communication skills

• Readiness to travel up to 30% of time annually

• Experience in client facing communications requirements analysis documentation creating presentations presenting to client staff and speaking at an executive level

• Ability to work independently and take accountability.

• A second European language beside good command of English is a must.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

1 year of experience of:

• z/OS system programming

• Basic RACF knowledge

• z/VM system programming

• Linux on z Systems administration

• One or all of:

  • Networking skills especially TCP/IP knowledge

  • Automation provisioning

  • Storage management experience using DFSMS.

Further more:

• Ability to lead customer technical workshops

• Good customer facing communications requirements analysis documentation and report presentations

• SMP/E Assembler JCL REXX and CLIST knowledge

• Knowledge of IBM’s GDPS® portfolio

• In addition to the above experience the ideal candidate will have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail

• Being dynamic team player who is comfortable working in a small but rapidly evolving environment

• Passion for making a difference in their profession and the environment

• Preferred second language: German French Spanish Italian.