Your Role and Responsibilities- As an Engineering Manager, you will primarily be responsible for driving the team focussed on developing/enhancing, testing, and supporting z/OS simplification and Modernisation Strategy for the IBM Z systems.
zOS Platform management related to network congifuration assistant, Open Telemetry, Analyser and other new development related to IO configuration, simplification and modernisation actitivties. - You would be expected to work closely with partner lab and development team with a joint and end-to-end ownership of the product development, managing delivery schedules and assure highest quality release with maximum exploiter/customer satisfaction.
Additionally, collaborate with relevant stakeholders including research, development, sales, offering, marketing teams to ensure product is amply highlighted
As a People Manager, you have to focus on Employee engagement, Growth, Skill building, Innovation and well-being - End to End responsibility of product delivery and release by applying Design Thinking & Agile practices in product design, development, test & support
- Define work schedules and track task assignment for the team and clear roadblocks and risks to enable product delivery
- Bring in efficiencies in the process/product methodologies, hiring and retaining highly talented engineers
- Work with peer Managers, Product Owners, Architects, stakeholders, etc. to share/apply best practices at increasing efficiency and showcase status of the project to senior management and Executives
- Create an environment for collaboration and high performing culture that is required to make this multi-site development team successful
- Motivate the team in applying processes and best practices in delivering great user experience and quality products for IBM’s Server Systems
- Ensure Business Compliance and Integrity is maintained across the team
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Required Technical and Professional Expertise with relevant experience of 10-20 years:
- Atleast 15 years of hands-on technical IT industry experience preferably in the area of Systems product R&D
- Has led a technical team and been part of their talent & career development. Good problem solver – technical solutions as well as conflict resolution
- Familiar with Enterprise Server (Unix/Linux) Operating System (advantage if familiar with IBM Z Systems as a consumer or user)
- Has had technical exposure/experience on areas spanning across kernel, scheduler, memory mgmt, compilers, toolchain, virtualization/hypervisor, systems management, performance, security, etc.
- Strong understanding of Virtualization, AI, Cloud and Operating System (working experience with z/OS, Firmware, Diagnostics, Cloud , Networking, end-to-end Release Management skills)
- Familiar with tools to track project & defect progress (RQM, RTC, Clear Quest, Best Quest, github, Jupyter, Jira, Trello, etc.)
- Associated with automation including scripting (shell, python, perl, ansible), integration into frameworks (Robot, Jenkins, etc.), and applied CI/CT approaches
- Adopted Agile, DevOps, and Design Thinking methodologies at work
- Proven ability to work effectively in a global team environment, forming & managing multiple projects across geographies
- Proven command over the English language, both written and verbal
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Candidates having Systems exposure and especially with IBM Z/Mainframe Systems are preferred