IBM Senior Delivery Consultant – GDPS 

Canada, Ontario, Markham 

232891795

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
ensuring speed and insight while our clients focus on what they do best running and growing their
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 youYour Role and Responsibilities

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

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