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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: Install, configure, and maintain DB2/DB2 data sharing for z/OS software. DB2 objects backups and recoveries, load and unload data, operation on tables and tables space
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. Generate reports on system 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.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
2-5 Years of industry experience.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Proven experience in DB2 on z/OS.
Basic knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
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.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Experience in DB2 Performance Optimization and Upgrades is a big plus
Experience in DB2 data sharing group is a big plus
Knowledge in Parallel Sysplex, CICSplex is a plus
COBOL, REXX language is a plus.
Good verbal and written communications skills
Good vision on solving customer issues, set proper expectations and clear/concise.
Communication with customer
About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.
This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.
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About IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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