You will have the opportunity to be a part of the Expert Labs organization where you develop critical-thinking skills and work with Subject Matters Experts to resolve complex problems for our worldwide clients. In addition, you will help drive delivery to leading-edge technology in Openshift, Cloud Pak for Data, Watson Knowledge catalog, Instana and Watson Artificial Intelligent IT Operations (Watson AIOps)
Your Role and ResponsibilitiesTo 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 Z applications for hybrid cloud environments with stability, security, and agility.
- Leading IBM Z DevOps solutions that uses robust toolsets to develop and maintain z/OS applications; visualize applications, data, and jobs on z/OS; develop and test for cloud native app development and modernization in a flexible consumption model.
- Working collaboratively with IBM Z Ecosystem to support customers transformation initiatives.
- Contributing to the development of service offerings that will help in making the migration services scalable and repeatable.
- Demonstrating a natural bias towards self-motivation, curiosity, and initiative in addition to navigating data and people to find answers and present solutions.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills as you work across the client, partner, and IBM team.
- Understanding clients’ main challenges and developing solutions that helps them reach true business value by working thru the phases of design, development integration, implementation, migration, and product support with a sense of urgency.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- B.E./BTech in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering.
- Deep expertise in deploying and optimizing software solutions for IBM Z, LinuxONE and associat-ed operating systems and virtualization software.
- Deep expertise in leading zDevOps services engagements.
- Deep expertise in CI/CD solutions, including integrations between Z DevOps products and open source or third-party offerings, SCM migrations and CI/CD pipeline implementations.
- Ability to work independently and take accountability.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills that are engaging, compelling, and influential.
- 10+ years of experience with IBM Z
- 10+ years of solution consulting or relevant industry experience.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Master’s in Computer Science or Engineering.
- Large experience with advisory type of roles or direct leadership for DevOps transformation projects, leveraging business partners for execution as needed .
- Large experience with flexible infrastructure implementation, including development and testing for cloud native app development and modernization in a flexible consumption model.
- Deep expertise in developing and maintaining long-term relationships with Customers through managing and interpreting their requirements and leading services engagements to successful outcomes.
- Experience with the following products will be highly regarded: Developer for z/OS (IDz), Enterprise Edition (IDzEE), Application Delivery Foundation for z/OS (ADFz), Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence (ADDI), IBM Z Development and Test (ZD&T) and IBM Virtual Dev and Test for z/OS (ZVDT)
- 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.
- Dynamic team player who is comfortable working in a small, but rapidly evolving environment.
- A passion for making a difference in their profession and the environment.