Delivery Consultant - z / HW - z / OS

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

As a Delivery Consultant, you will work closely with IBM clients and partners to design, deliver, and optimize IBM Technology solutions that align with your clients' goals. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise to ensure world-class delivery while leveraging your consultative skills such as problem-solving issue- / hypothesis-based methodologies, communication, and service orientation skills. As a member of IBM Technology Expert Labs, a team that is client focused, courageous, pragmatic, and technical, you'll collaborate with clients to optimize and trailblaze new solutions that address real business challenges.  Help clients Install and configure latest zHW, Create / update IODF, Work with HCD , Understand differences between ESCON, parallel channels, and FICON channels. Create new z / OS lpars. Perform z / OS Software installations, Use z / OSMF and Implement best practices

Required technical and professional expertise

Minimum of 15 years of experience

Overall knowledge and understanding of IBM Z processor design, available I / O adapters, and IBM Z physical planning aspects

• z Hardware :

Experience with HCD and IODF requirements

Knowledgeable on current z Hardware

Systems Programmer skill set (ISPF / SDSF, z / FS Filesystem, RACF, JES parameters, SYS1. PARMLIB, SYS1. PROCLIB members.)

Preferred technical and professional experience

Deep skills in z / OS, Parallel Sysplex, High Availability, Storage, Performance and Tuning - Operations set of skills (HMC, Commands)

Experience with implementation and usage of z / OS Management Facility (z / OSMF)

z / OS SW installations (z / OS releases, other software using z / OSMF)

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.