Senior Delivery Consultant – GDPS

Introduction
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.

Your Role and Responsibilities
The IBM Systems Expert Labs organization is looking for an IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (IBM GDPS®) IT Management Consultant with expertise in IBM Z zOS and Storage technology and products to lead and deliver pre-sales and post-sales client engagements that enable the adoption of IBM GDPS®.

Ideal candidates will have demonstrated a successful history of implementing IBM GDPS® engagements be familiar with sysplex architectural methods can independently 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 responsible for developing and delivering 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 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.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3+ years’ experience working with:
  • z/OS High Availability technology and capabilities including Parallel Sysplex (eg: GRS Coupling Facilities and Sysplex Failure Management)
  • z/VM system programming or Linux on z Systems administration
  • Copy Services technology including Metro Mirror Global Mirror and z/OS Global Mirror (plus FlashCopy Software replication
  • Successfully delivering IBM Z projects and/or architecting and planning infrastructures for customer’s data centers
• 3+ years’ experience in:
  • Customer or executive facing communications requirements analysis documentation and report presentations
  • Networking skills especially TCP/IP knowledge
  • Tivoli System Automation and/or NetView
  • Storage management experience using DFSMS
  • Ability to lead customer technical workshops up to 20+ people
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • English: Fluent

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge or experience with GDPS® PPRC and DR solution design and procedures
• Practical SMP/E knowledge
• Assembler JCL REXX and CLIST knowledge
• Basic RACF knowledge